January 20 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on January 20 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 30 Dey 1404.

Famous people born on January 20

Events (41)

250 (1776 years ago) Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
1156 (870 years ago) Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake Köyliö.
1265 (761 years ago) The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 (706 years ago) Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 (670 years ago) Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension.
1401 (625 years ago) The Taula de canvi (Catalan: "Table of change"), described as Europe's first-ever public bank, began operations inside Barcelona's Llotja de Mar.
1523 (503 years ago) Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1567 (459 years ago) Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
1576 (450 years ago) The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
1649 (377 years ago) The High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I begins its proceedings.
1726 (300 years ago) J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen (My sighs, my tears), BWV 13, for the second Sunday after Epiphany.
1783 (243 years ago) The Kingdom of Great Britain signs preliminary articles of peace with the Kingdom of France, setting the stage for the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
1785 (241 years ago) Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
1788 (238 years ago) The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay, beginning the British colonization of Australia. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
1839 (187 years ago) In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1841 (185 years ago) Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British during the First Opium War.
1874 (152 years ago) The Treaty of Pangkor is signed between the British and Sultan Abdullah of Perak, paving the way for further British colonization of Malaya.
1877 (149 years ago) The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
1887 (139 years ago) The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1909 (117 years ago) Newly formed automaker General Motors (GM) buys into the Oakland Motor Car Company, which later becomes GM's long-running Pontiac division.
1921 (105 years ago) The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
1921 (105 years ago) The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1923 (103 years ago) During the Irish Civil War the Irish Free State Army executes 10 members of the anti-treaty Irish Republican Army
1941 (85 years ago) A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
1942 (84 years ago) World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question".
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
1954 (72 years ago) In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1972 (54 years ago) Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1973 (53 years ago) Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
1974 (52 years ago) China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam.
1981 (45 years ago) Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
1986 (40 years ago) In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1986 (40 years ago) Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.
1990 (36 years ago) Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1991 (35 years ago) Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 (34 years ago) Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France, killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
2001 (25 years ago) President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
2009 (17 years ago) A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
2018 (8 years ago) A group of four or five gunmen attack The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle. The attack kills 40 people and injures many others.
2018 (8 years ago) Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.

Births (206)

225 (1801 years ago) Gordian III, Roman emperor (died 244)
1029 (997 years ago) Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (probable; (died 1072)
1292 (734 years ago) Elizabeth of Bohemia, queen consort of Bohemia (died 1330)
1436 (590 years ago) Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shōgun (died 1490)
1488 (538 years ago) Sebastian Münster, German scholar, cartographer, and cosmographer (died 1552)
1499 (527 years ago) Sebastian Franck, German humanist (probable; (died 1543)
1500 (526 years ago) Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (died 1561)
1502 (524 years ago) Sebastian de Aparicio, Spanish-Mexican rancher and missionary (died 1600)
1526 (500 years ago) Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (died 1572)
1554 (472 years ago) Sebastian, King of Portugal (died 1578)
1569 (457 years ago) Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (died 1629)
1573 (453 years ago) Simon Marius, German astronomer and academic (died 1624)
1586 (440 years ago) Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (died 1630)
1664 (362 years ago) Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (died 1718)
1703 (323 years ago) Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (died 1741)
1716 (310 years ago) Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and numismatist (died 1795)
1716 (310 years ago) Charles III of Spain,
1732 (294 years ago) Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (died 1794)
1741 (285 years ago) Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Swedish botanist and author (died 1783)
1755 (271 years ago) Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (died 1824)
1762 (264 years ago) Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian-French composer and theorist (died 1842)
1775 (251 years ago) André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (died 1836)
1781 (245 years ago) Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (died 1848)
1783 (243 years ago) Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (died 1860)
1799 (227 years ago) Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (died 1858)
1812 (214 years ago) William Fox, English-New Zealand politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1893)
1812 (214 years ago) Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (died 1896)
1814 (212 years ago) David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (died 1868)
1819 (207 years ago) Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (died 1900)
1834 (192 years ago) George D. Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1896)
1855 (171 years ago) Ernest Chausson, French composer (died 1899)
1856 (170 years ago) Harriot Stanton Blatch, American suffragist and organizer (died 1940)
1865 (161 years ago) Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (died 1944)
1865 (161 years ago) Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor (died 1928)
1870 (156 years ago) Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer (died 1894)
1873 (153 years ago) Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
1874 (152 years ago) Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach (died 1938)
1876 (150 years ago) Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (died 1957)
1878 (148 years ago) Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor (died 1968)
1879 (147 years ago) Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator (died 1968)
1880 (146 years ago) Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (died 1962)
1882 (144 years ago) Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss (died 1957)
1883 (143 years ago) Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (died 1968)
1883 (143 years ago) Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (died 1942)
1888 (138 years ago) Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter (died 1949)
1889 (137 years ago) Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (died 1969)
1891 (135 years ago) Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (died 1967)
1893 (133 years ago) Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (died 1946)
1894 (132 years ago) Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (died 1968)
1894 (132 years ago) Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (died 1976)
1895 (131 years ago) Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1985)
1896 (130 years ago) George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer (died 1996)
1898 (128 years ago) U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (died 1947)
1899 (127 years ago) Clarice Cliff, English potter (died 1972)
1899 (127 years ago) Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (died 1990)
1900 (126 years ago) Dorothy Annan, English painter, potter, and muralist (died 1983)
1900 (126 years ago) Colin Clive, English actor (died 1937)
1902 (124 years ago) Leon Ames, American actor (died 1993)
1902 (124 years ago) Kevin Barry, Irish Republican Army volunteer (died 1920)
1906 (120 years ago) Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (died 1975)
1907 (119 years ago) Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (died 2000)
1909 (117 years ago) Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (died 1989)
1910 (116 years ago) Joy Adamson, Austria-Kenyan painter and conservationist (died 1980)
1915 (111 years ago) Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (died 2006)
1918 (108 years ago) Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2002)
1918 (108 years ago) Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (died 2013)
1920 (106 years ago) Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1993)
1920 (106 years ago) DeForest Kelley, American actor (died 1999)
1920 (106 years ago) Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (died 2006)
1921 (105 years ago) Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (died 2006)
1922 (104 years ago) Ray Anthony, American trumpeter and bandleader
1922 (104 years ago) Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter (died 2015)
1923 (103 years ago) Slim Whitman, American country and western singer-songwriter and musician (died 2013)
1924 (102 years ago) Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer (died 2010)
1925 (101 years ago) Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (died 2015)
1925 (101 years ago) Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (died 2020)
1926 (100 years ago) Patricia Neal, American actress (died 2010)
1926 (100 years ago) David Tudor, American pianist and composer (died 1996)
1927 (99 years ago) Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic (died 2007)
1928 (98 years ago) Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist (died 1997)
1929 (97 years ago) Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian (died 2019)
1929 (97 years ago) Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist
1929 (97 years ago) Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (died 1964)
1930 (96 years ago) Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1931 (95 years ago) David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 (95 years ago) Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (died 1992)
1932 (94 years ago) Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2016)
1934 (92 years ago) Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (died 2014)
1934 (92 years ago) Tom Baker, English actor
1935 (91 years ago) Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2010)
1937 (89 years ago) Bailey Howell, American basketball player
1938 (88 years ago) Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (died 2007)
1939 (87 years ago) Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (died 2000)
1939 (87 years ago) Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and biologist
1940 (86 years ago) Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
1940 (86 years ago) Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician (died 2022)
1940 (86 years ago) Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2009)
1942 (84 years ago) Linda Moulton Howe, American journalist and producer
1944 (82 years ago) José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
1944 (82 years ago) Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1944 (82 years ago) Pat Parker, American poet (died 1989)
1945 (81 years ago) Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2013)
1945 (81 years ago) Eric Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 (80 years ago) David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
1946 (80 years ago) Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
1947 (79 years ago) Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
1948 (78 years ago) Nancy Kress, American author and academic
1948 (78 years ago) Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
1949 (77 years ago) Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
1950 (76 years ago) William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2014)
1950 (76 years ago) Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
1951 (75 years ago) Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
1952 (74 years ago) Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
1952 (74 years ago) Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1952 (74 years ago) John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
1953 (73 years ago) Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (died 2019)
1954 (72 years ago) Mohammad Dawran, Afghan aviator and military officer
1954 (72 years ago) Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (died 2024)
1955 (71 years ago) McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
1956 (70 years ago) Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
1956 (70 years ago) Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
1956 (70 years ago) Richard Morecroft, English-Australian journalist and television host
1956 (70 years ago) John Naber, American swimmer
1957 (69 years ago) Andy Sheppard, English saxophonist and composer
1958 (68 years ago) Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, director, and producer
1959 (67 years ago) Tami Hoag, American author
1961 (65 years ago) Janey Godley, Scottish actor, writer and comedian (died 2024)
1961 (65 years ago) Yolanda González (activist), Basque militant activist
1963 (63 years ago) James Denton, American actor
1963 (63 years ago) Mark Ryden, American painter and illustrator
1964 (62 years ago) Ozzie Guillén, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
1964 (62 years ago) Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
1964 (62 years ago) Kazushige Nojima, Japanese screenwriter and songwriter
1964 (62 years ago) Aquilino Pimentel III, Filipino lawyer and politician
1964 (62 years ago) Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
1965 (61 years ago) Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager
1965 (61 years ago) Greg K., American musician and songwriter
1965 (61 years ago) John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 (61 years ago) Heather Small, English singer-songwriter
1965 (61 years ago) Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
1965 (61 years ago) Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
1966 (60 years ago) Chris Morris, American basketball player
1966 (60 years ago) Rainn Wilson, American actor
1967 (59 years ago) Stacey Dash, American actress and television journalist
1968 (58 years ago) Nick Anderson, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968 (58 years ago) Junior Murray, Grenadian cricketer
1969 (57 years ago) Reno Wilson, American actor
1969 (57 years ago) Nicky Wire, Welsh singer-songwriter and bass player
1970 (56 years ago) Skeet Ulrich, American actor
1971 (55 years ago) Gary Barlow, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1971 (55 years ago) Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
1971 (55 years ago) Questlove, American musician, record producer, and filmmaker
1972 (54 years ago) Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
1973 (53 years ago) Stephen Crabb, Scottish-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1973 (53 years ago) Queen Mathilde of Belgium,
1975 (51 years ago) David Eckstein, American baseball player
1975 (51 years ago) Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver
1975 (51 years ago) Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
1975 (51 years ago) Ira Newble, American basketball player
1976 (50 years ago) Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter
1976 (50 years ago) Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
1977 (49 years ago) Paul Adams, South African cricketer and coach
1977 (49 years ago) Sid Wilson, American musician
1978 (48 years ago) Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
1978 (48 years ago) Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
1979 (47 years ago) Rob Bourdon, American musician and songwriter
1979 (47 years ago) Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
1980 (46 years ago) Karl Anderson, American wrestler
1980 (46 years ago) Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist
1980 (46 years ago) Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
1980 (46 years ago) Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
1981 (45 years ago) Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
1981 (45 years ago) Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
1981 (45 years ago) Jason Richardson, American basketball player
1982 (44 years ago) Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer
1982 (44 years ago) Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
1984 (42 years ago) Toni Gonzaga, Filipino singer and television personality
1984 (42 years ago) Bonnie McKee, American singer-songwriter
1985 (41 years ago) Nabil Boukili, Belgian politician
1986 (40 years ago) Kevin Parker, Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
1987 (39 years ago) Evan Peters, American actor
1988 (38 years ago) Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer
1988 (38 years ago) Jan Muršak, Slovenian ice hockey player
1989 (37 years ago) Nick Foles, American football player
1989 (37 years ago) Alex Grant, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 (37 years ago) Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, New Zealand rugby league player
1991 (35 years ago) Tom Cairney, Scottish footballer
1991 (35 years ago) Ciara Hanna, American actress and model
1991 (35 years ago) Polona Hercog, Slovenian tennis player
1991 (35 years ago) Jumpol Adulkittiporn, Thai actor
1993 (33 years ago) Lorenzo Crisetig, Italian footballer
1993 (33 years ago) Cat Janice, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1993 (33 years ago) DeVante Parker, American football player
1994 (32 years ago) Seán Kavanagh, Irish footballer
1994 (32 years ago) Hampus Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player
1994 (32 years ago) Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer
1995 (31 years ago) Joey Badass, American rapper and actor
1995 (31 years ago) Calum Chambers, English footballer
1995 (31 years ago) José María Giménez, Uruguayan footballer
1995 (31 years ago) Sergi Samper, Spanish footballer
1995 (31 years ago) Kim So-hee, South Korean singer
2000 (26 years ago) Tyler Herro, American basketball player
2002 (24 years ago) Arnaud Kalimuendo, French footballer
2003 (23 years ago) J. J. McCarthy, American football player
2003 (23 years ago) Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player

Deaths (104)

640 (1386 years ago) Eadbald, king of Kent
820 (1206 years ago) Al-Shafi'i, Arab scholar and jurist (born 767)
842 (1184 years ago) Theophilos, Byzantine emperor (born 813)
882 (1144 years ago) Louis the Younger, king of the East Frankish Kingdom
924 (1102 years ago) Li Jitao, Chinese general of Later Tang
928 (1098 years ago) Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellor
1029 (997 years ago) Heonae, Korean queen and regent (born 964)
1095 (931 years ago) Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester
1156 (870 years ago) Henry, English bishop and saint
1189 (837 years ago) Shi Zong, Chinese emperor of Jin (born 1123)
1191 (835 years ago) Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (born 1167)
1191 (835 years ago) Theobald V, count of Blois (born 1130)
1265 (761 years ago) John Maunsell, English Lord Chancellor
1336 (690 years ago) John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (born 1306)
1343 (683 years ago) Robert, king of Naples (born 1275)
1479 (547 years ago) John II, king of Sicily (born 1398)
1568 (458 years ago) Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (born 1488)
1612 (414 years ago) Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1552)
1663 (363 years ago) Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (born 1604)
1666 (360 years ago) Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (born 1601)
1707 (319 years ago) Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (born 1659)
1709 (317 years ago) François de la Chaise, French priest (born 1624)
1751 (275 years ago) John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (born 1665)
1770 (256 years ago) Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1722)
1779 (247 years ago) David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (born 1717)
1810 (216 years ago) Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (born 1721)
1819 (207 years ago) Charles IV, Spanish king (born 1748)
1837 (189 years ago) John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (born 1753)
1841 (185 years ago) Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (born 1780)
1841 (185 years ago) Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (born 1791)
1848 (178 years ago) Christian VIII, Danish king (born 1786)
1850 (176 years ago) Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (born 1779)
1852 (174 years ago) Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (born 1794)
1859 (167 years ago) Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (born 1785)
1873 (153 years ago) Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (born 1799)
1875 (151 years ago) Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (born 1814)
1891 (135 years ago) Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (born 1836)
1900 (126 years ago) John Ruskin, English painter and critic (born 1819)
1901 (125 years ago) Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (born 1826)
1907 (119 years ago) Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (born 1842)
1908 (118 years ago) John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (born 1830)
1913 (113 years ago) José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (born 1852)
1915 (111 years ago) Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (born 1840)
1920 (106 years ago) Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (born 1876)
1921 (105 years ago) Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (born 1847)
1924 (102 years ago) Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (born 1872)
1931 (95 years ago) Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (born 1860)
1936 (90 years ago) George V of the United Kingdom,
1940 (86 years ago) Omar Bundy, American general (born 1861)
1944 (82 years ago) James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (born 1860)
1947 (79 years ago) Josh Gibson, American baseball player (born 1911)
1947 (79 years ago) Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (born 1860)
1954 (72 years ago) Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (born 1882)
1954 (72 years ago) Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (born 1890)
1955 (71 years ago) Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (born 1892)
1962 (64 years ago) Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (born 1887)
1965 (61 years ago) Alan Freed, American radio host (born 1922)
1971 (55 years ago) Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)
1971 (55 years ago) Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (born 1903)
1973 (53 years ago) Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (born 1885)
1973 (53 years ago) Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (born 1924)
1977 (49 years ago) Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (born 1892)
1980 (46 years ago) William Roberts, English soldier and painter (born 1895)
1983 (43 years ago) Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (born 1933)
1984 (42 years ago) Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (born 1904)
1988 (38 years ago) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (born 1890)
1988 (38 years ago) Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (born 1903)
1989 (37 years ago) Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
1990 (36 years ago) Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (born 1907)
1993 (33 years ago) Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (born 1929)
1994 (32 years ago) Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1909)
1994 (32 years ago) Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (born 1911)
1996 (30 years ago) Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (born 1927)
1998 (28 years ago) Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (born 1924)
2002 (24 years ago) Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (born 1963)
2003 (23 years ago) Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (born 1903)
2003 (23 years ago) Nedra Volz, American actress (born 1908)
2004 (22 years ago) Alan Brown, English racing driver (born 1919)
2004 (22 years ago) T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (born 1917)
2005 (21 years ago) Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (born 1913)
2005 (21 years ago) Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (born 1914)
2005 (21 years ago) Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (born 1908)
2009 (17 years ago) Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (born 1920)
2012 (14 years ago) Etta James, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2012 (14 years ago) John Levy, American bassist and manager (born 1912)
2012 (14 years ago) Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (born 1933)
2012 (14 years ago) Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (born 1918)
2013 (13 years ago) Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (born 1933)
2013 (13 years ago) Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (born 1911)
2014 (12 years ago) Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (born 1933)
2014 (12 years ago) Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (born 1921)
2014 (12 years ago) Jonas Trinkūnas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (born 1939)
2016 (10 years ago) Mykolas Burokevičius, Lithuanian carpenter and politician (born 1927)
2016 (10 years ago) Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (born 1920)
2018 (8 years ago) Paul Bocuse, French chef (born 1926)
2018 (8 years ago) Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner, considered the model for the "We Can Do It!" posters of World War II (born 1921)
2020 (6 years ago) Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (born 1947)
2020 (6 years ago) Tom Fisher Railsback, American politician, member of the Illinois and U.S. House of Representatives (born 1932)
2021 (5 years ago) Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwean politician, army general (born 1960)
2021 (5 years ago) Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer (born 1955)
2022 (4 years ago) Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (born 1947)
2024 (2 years ago) Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1926)
2025 (a year ago) Lynn Ban, Singaporean jewelry designer (born 1972)
2025 (a year ago) Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (born 1957)