April 27 in History
Historical events, births and deaths on April 27 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 7 Ordibehesht 1405.
Occasions on this day in 2026
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Famous people born on April 27
- Ulysses S. Grant 1822
- Mary Wollstonecraft 1759
- Herbert Spencer 1820
- Willem-Alexander 1967
- Samuel Morse 1791
- Sergei Prokofiev 1891
- Fethullah Gülen 1941
- Mumtaz Mahal 1593
- Anouk Aimée 1932
- Coretta Scott King 1927
- Cory Booker 1969
- Eric Schmidt 1955
Events (46)
- 247 (1779 years ago) Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares.
- 395 (1631 years ago) Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
- 711 (1315 years ago) Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
- 1296 (730 years ago) First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
- 1509 (517 years ago) Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
- 1521 (505 years ago) Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu.
- 1522 (504 years ago) A Spanish-Imperial army defeats French-Venetian army in the battle of Bicocca. The battle marks the end of dominance of Swiss mercenaries on the battlefield and is one of the first where firearms play a decisive role.
- 1539 (487 years ago) Official founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1565 (461 years ago) Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- 1595 (431 years ago) The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world
- 1650 (376 years ago) The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
- 1667 (359 years ago) Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
- 1805 (221 years ago) First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" in the Marines' Hymn).
- 1813 (213 years ago) War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
- 1861 (165 years ago) American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
- 1906 (120 years ago) The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- 1909 (117 years ago) Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
- 1911 (115 years ago) The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
- 1927 (99 years ago) Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
- 1936 (90 years ago) The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- 1941 (85 years ago) World War II: German troops enter Athens.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
- 1953 (73 years ago) Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
- 1967 (59 years ago) Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
- 1974 (52 years ago) One hundred nine people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.
- 1976 (50 years ago) Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
- 1978 (48 years ago) John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
- 1978 (48 years ago) The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 1978 (48 years ago) Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.
- 1986 (40 years ago) The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
- 1987 (39 years ago) The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
- 1989 (37 years ago) The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1992 (34 years ago) The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
- 1992 (34 years ago) Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
- 1992 (34 years ago) The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- 1993 (33 years ago) Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
- 1994 (32 years ago) South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.This marked the end of Apartheid.
- 2005 (21 years ago) Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
- 2006 (20 years ago) Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
- 2007 (19 years ago) Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
- 2007 (19 years ago) Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
- 2011 (15 years ago) The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
- 2012 (14 years ago) At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
- 2018 (8 years ago) The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
- 2026 A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia.
Births (187)
- 85 BC Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (died 43 BC)
- 1468 (558 years ago) Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (died 1503)
- 1556 (470 years ago) François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626)
- 1564 (462 years ago) Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (died 1632)
- 1593 (433 years ago) Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631)
- 1650 (376 years ago) Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670–1699) (died 1714)
- 1654 (372 years ago) Charles Blount, English deist and philosopher (died 1693)
- 1701 (325 years ago) Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (died 1773)
- 1718 (308 years ago) Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (died 1790)
- 1748 (278 years ago) Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (died 1833)
- 1755 (271 years ago) Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (died 1836)
- 1759 (267 years ago) Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (died 1797)
- 1788 (238 years ago) Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (died 1863)
- 1791 (235 years ago) Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (died 1872)
- 1812 (214 years ago) William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (died 1886)
- 1812 (214 years ago) Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (died 1883)
- 1820 (206 years ago) Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1903)
- 1822 (204 years ago) Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (died 1885)
- 1840 (186 years ago) Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (died 1911)
- 1848 (178 years ago) Otto, King of Bavaria (died 1916)
- 1850 (176 years ago) Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (died 1921)
- 1853 (173 years ago) Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (died 1914)
- 1857 (169 years ago) Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1914)
- 1861 (165 years ago) William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (died 1948)
- 1866 (160 years ago) Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (died 1916)
- 1875 (151 years ago) Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (died 1960)
- 1880 (146 years ago) Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (died 1961)
- 1887 (139 years ago) Warren Wood, American golfer (died 1926)
- 1888 (138 years ago) Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (died 1917)
- 1891 (135 years ago) Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1953)
- 1893 (133 years ago) Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (died 1946)
- 1893 (133 years ago) Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1939)
- 1894 (132 years ago) George Petty, American painter and illustrator (died 1975)
- 1894 (132 years ago) Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963)
- 1896 (130 years ago) William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937)
- 1898 (128 years ago) Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1962)
- 1899 (127 years ago) Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (died 1994)
- 1900 (126 years ago) August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (died 1989)
- 1902 (124 years ago) Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (died 1942)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (died 1972)
- 1904 (122 years ago) Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (died 1973)
- 1905 (121 years ago) John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
- 1909 (117 years ago) Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944)
- 1910 (116 years ago) Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (died 1988)
- 1911 (115 years ago) Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
- 1911 (115 years ago) Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (died 2001)
- 1912 (114 years ago) Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (died 2004)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (died 2012)
- 1913 (113 years ago) Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (died 1943)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (died 2013)
- 1916 (110 years ago) Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (died 2002)
- 1917 (109 years ago) Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 2001)
- 1918 (108 years ago) Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (died 2008)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (died 1956)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (died 1997)
- 1920 (106 years ago) James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (died 2010)
- 1921 (105 years ago) Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Jack Klugman, American actor (died 2012)
- 1922 (104 years ago) Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (died 1988)
- 1923 (103 years ago) Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (died 2011)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (died 2013)
- 1925 (101 years ago) Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (died 2015)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (died 2016)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (died 2014)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (died 2014)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (died 2006)
- 1927 (99 years ago) Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2001)
- 1929 (97 years ago) Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator (died 2021)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Anouk Aimée, French actress (died 2024)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (died 2014)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Chuck Knox, American football coach (died 2018)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (died 2015)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1999)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
- 1935 (91 years ago) Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2024)
- 1936 (90 years ago) Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Sandy Dennis, American actress (died 1992)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop
- 1937 (89 years ago) Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (died 2015)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (died 2015)
- 1939 (87 years ago) Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
- 1941 (85 years ago) Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian (died 2024)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
- 1941 (85 years ago) Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
- 1942 (84 years ago) Ruth Glick, American author
- 1942 (84 years ago) Jim Keltner, American drummer
- 1943 (83 years ago) Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager
- 1944 (82 years ago) Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist
- 1944 (82 years ago) Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (died 2017)
- 1944 (82 years ago) Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1945 (81 years ago) Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager (died 2026)
- 1945 (81 years ago) Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host
- 1945 (81 years ago) August Wilson, American author and playwright (died 2005)
- 1946 (80 years ago) Franz Roth, German footballer
- 1947 (79 years ago) G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician
- 1947 (79 years ago) Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
- 1947 (79 years ago) Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
- 1948 (78 years ago) Frank Abagnale Jr., American security consultant and criminal
- 1948 (78 years ago) Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1948 (78 years ago) Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1950 (76 years ago) Jaime Fresnedi, Filipino politician
- 1950 (76 years ago) David W. Duclon, American television writer and producer (died 2025)
- 1951 (75 years ago) Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2025)
- 1952 (74 years ago) Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host
- 1952 (74 years ago) George Gervin, American basketball player
- 1952 (74 years ago) Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician
- 1953 (73 years ago) Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model
- 1954 (72 years ago) Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
- 1954 (72 years ago) Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1954 (72 years ago) Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer
- 1955 (71 years ago) Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
- 1956 (70 years ago) Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician
- 1957 (69 years ago) Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
- 1959 (67 years ago) Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
- 1959 (67 years ago) Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1960 (66 years ago) Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1961 (65 years ago) Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
- 1962 (64 years ago) Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1962 (64 years ago) Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach
- 1962 (64 years ago) Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
- 1962 (64 years ago) Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician
- 1963 (63 years ago) Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer
- 1965 (61 years ago) Anna Chancellor, English actress
- 1966 (60 years ago) Siobhan Finneran, English actress
- 1966 (60 years ago) Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer
- 1966 (60 years ago) Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator
- 1967 (59 years ago) Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
- 1967 (59 years ago) Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
- 1967 (59 years ago) Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor
- 1967 (59 years ago) Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist
- 1968 (58 years ago) Dana Milbank, American journalist and author
- 1969 (57 years ago) Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician
- 1969 (57 years ago) Darcey Bussell, English ballerina
- 1972 (54 years ago) Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
- 1973 (53 years ago) Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
- 1973 (53 years ago) Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
- 1974 (52 years ago) Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
- 1975 (51 years ago) Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
- 1975 (51 years ago) Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
- 1975 (51 years ago) Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
- 1976 (50 years ago) Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
- 1976 (50 years ago) Sally Hawkins, English actress
- 1976 (50 years ago) Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979 (47 years ago) Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian actor and wrestler
- 1980 (46 years ago) Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
- 1980 (46 years ago) Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1983 (43 years ago) Ari Graynor, American actress and producer
- 1984 (42 years ago) Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 (42 years ago) Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player
- 1984 (42 years ago) Patrick Stump, American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1985 (41 years ago) Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner
- 1986 (40 years ago) Jenna Coleman, English actress
- 1986 (40 years ago) Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
- 1987 (39 years ago) Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
- 1987 (39 years ago) William Moseley, English actor
- 1987 (39 years ago) Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress
- 1988 (38 years ago) Lizzo, American singer and rapper
- 1988 (38 years ago) Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1989 (37 years ago) Lars Bender, German footballer
- 1989 (37 years ago) Sven Bender, German footballer
- 1990 (36 years ago) Austin Dillon, American race car driver
- 1991 (35 years ago) Lara Gut, Swiss skier
- 1992 (34 years ago) Keenan Allen, American football player
- 1994 (32 years ago) Corey Seager, American baseball player
- 1995 (31 years ago) Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player
- 1997 (29 years ago) Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player
- 1998 (28 years ago) Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer
- 1999 (27 years ago) Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player
- 2002 (24 years ago) Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer
- 2003 (23 years ago) Xavier Worthy, American football player
- 2004 (22 years ago) Arch Manning, American football player
- 2005 (21 years ago) Mathys Tel, French footballer
Deaths (87)
- 630 (1396 years ago) Ardashir III of Persia,
- 1160 (866 years ago) Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (born 1081)
- 1272 (754 years ago) Zita, Italian saint (born 1212)
- 1321 (705 years ago) Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (born c. 1250)
- 1353 (673 years ago) Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
- 1403 (623 years ago) Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (born 1335)
- 1404 (622 years ago) Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1342)
- 1463 (563 years ago) Isidore of Kiev,
- 1521 (505 years ago) Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (born 1480)
- 1599 (427 years ago) Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (born 1538)
- 1605 (421 years ago) Pope Leo XI,
- 1607 (419 years ago) Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (born 1560)
- 1613 (413 years ago) Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532)
- 1656 (370 years ago) Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1596)
- 1694 (332 years ago) John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668)
- 1695 (331 years ago) John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640)
- 1702 (324 years ago) Jean Bart, French admiral (born 1651)
- 1782 (244 years ago) William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (born 1710)
- 1813 (213 years ago) Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (born 1779)
- 1873 (153 years ago) William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (born 1803)
- 1893 (133 years ago) John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1839)
- 1896 (130 years ago) Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (born 1815)
- 1915 (111 years ago) John Labatt, Canadian businessman (born 1838)
- 1915 (111 years ago) Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (born 1872)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
- 1936 (90 years ago) Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (born 1857)
- 1937 (89 years ago) Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859)
- 1949 (77 years ago) Benjamin Faunce, American druggist and businessman (born 1873)
- 1952 (74 years ago) Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865)
- 1961 (65 years ago) Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893)
- 1962 (64 years ago) A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (born 1873)
- 1964 (62 years ago) Jack Critchley, Australian politician (born 1892)
- 1965 (61 years ago) Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (born 1908)
- 1967 (59 years ago) William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (born 1884)
- 1969 (57 years ago) René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (born 1919)
- 1970 (56 years ago) Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)
- 1972 (54 years ago) Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (born 1909)
- 1973 (53 years ago) Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (born 1914)
- 1977 (49 years ago) Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
- 1988 (38 years ago) Fred Bear, American hunter and author (born 1902)
- 1989 (37 years ago) Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (born 1894)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (born 1908)
- 1992 (34 years ago) Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (born 1927)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (born 1911)
- 1995 (31 years ago) Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1921)
- 1996 (30 years ago) William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1920)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (born 1911)
- 1998 (28 years ago) John W. H. Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1915)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (born 1907)
- 1998 (28 years ago) Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (born 1924)
- 1999 (27 years ago) Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1922)
- 1999 (27 years ago) Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
- 1999 (27 years ago) Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (born 1914)
- 2002 (24 years ago) George Alec Effinger, American author (born 1947)
- 2002 (24 years ago) Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (born 1916)
- 2005 (21 years ago) Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1909)
- 2006 (20 years ago) Julia Thorne, American author (born 1944)
- 2007 (19 years ago) Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (born 1927)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (born 1914)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (born 1983)
- 2009 (17 years ago) Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
- 2011 (15 years ago) Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (born 1935)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (born 1930)
- 2012 (14 years ago) Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (born 1938)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (born 1921)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (born 1969)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (born 1917)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (born 1916)
- 2013 (13 years ago) Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1948)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (born 1935)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)
- 2015 (11 years ago) Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)
- 2017 (9 years ago) Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)
- 2017 (9 years ago) Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)
- 2021 (5 years ago) Manoj Das, Indian writer (born 1934)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Liao Guoxun, Chinese politician (born 1963)
- 2023 (3 years ago) Jerry Springer, American politician and actor (born 1944)
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