March 13 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on March 13 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 22 Esfand 1404.

Occasions on this day in 2026

national
Martyrs' Commemoration Day
religious
Kasuga Matsuri
countries
National Elephant Day (Thailand)
fun
Gamma Normids Meteor Shower

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Famous people born on March 13

Events (46)

222 (1804 years ago) Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.
483 (1543 years ago) Election of Pope Felix III following the death of Pope Simplicius earlier that month.
624 (1402 years ago) The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
1261 (765 years ago) The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Genoa sign a permanent treaty against the Venetians at Nymphaeum.
1323 (703 years ago) Siege of Warangal: Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sends an expeditionary army led by his son, Muhammad bin Tughluq, to the Kakatiya capital Warangal – after ruler Prataparudra has refused to make tribute payments. He besieges the city and finally, after a campaign of 8 months, Prataparudra surrenders on November 9.
1567 (459 years ago) The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
1591 (435 years ago) At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
1639 (387 years ago) Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
1697 (329 years ago) Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1741 (285 years ago) The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
1781 (245 years ago) William Herschel discovers Uranus.
1809 (217 years ago) Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
1811 (215 years ago) A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
1815 (211 years ago) Participants at the Congress of Vienna declare Napoleon an outlaw following his escape from Elba.
1825 (201 years ago) Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
1845 (181 years ago) Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1848 (178 years ago) The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
1862 (164 years ago) The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
1884 (142 years ago) The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
1888 (138 years ago) The eruption of Ritter Island triggers tsunamis that kill up to 3,000 people on nearby islands.
1900 (126 years ago) British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
1920 (106 years ago) The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1930 (96 years ago) The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
1940 (86 years ago) The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ends after the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty.
1943 (83 years ago) The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1954 (72 years ago) The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
1957 (69 years ago) Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
1964 (62 years ago) Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
1969 (57 years ago) Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1974 (52 years ago) Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.
1979 (47 years ago) The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
1988 (38 years ago) The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
1989 (37 years ago) Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-29 carrying the TDRS-4 satellite.
1992 (34 years ago) The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
1993 (33 years ago) The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
1996 (30 years ago) The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
1997 (29 years ago) The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
2003 (23 years ago) An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
2012 (14 years ago) The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
2013 (13 years ago) The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
2015 (11 years ago) Serbian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Belgrade airport while transporting a 5-day-old baby with respiratory problems to hospital, killing all 7 on board.
2016 (10 years ago) The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
2016 (10 years ago) Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
2020 (6 years ago) President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
2020 (6 years ago) Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.
2020 (6 years ago) Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.

Births (175)

1372 (654 years ago) Louis I, Duke of Orléans (died 1407)
1479 (547 years ago) Lazarus Spengler, German hymnwriter (died 1534)
1560 (466 years ago) William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch count (died 1620)
1593 (433 years ago) Georges de La Tour, French painter (probable; (died 1652)
1599 (427 years ago) John Berchmans, Belgian Jesuit scholastic and saint (died 1621)
1615 (411 years ago) Innocent XII, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1700)
1683 (343 years ago) Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, German botanist (died 1741)
1700 (326 years ago) Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (died 1768)
1719 (307 years ago) John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (died 1797)
1720 (306 years ago) Charles Bonnet, Swiss historian and author (died 1793)
1741 (285 years ago) Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1790)
1763 (263 years ago) Guillaume Brune, French general and diplomat (died 1815)
1764 (262 years ago) Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1845)
1770 (256 years ago) Daniel Lambert, English animal breeder (died 1809)
1781 (245 years ago) Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German painter and architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (died 1841)
1798 (228 years ago) Abigail Fillmore, American wife of Millard Fillmore, 14th First Lady of the United States (died 1853)
1800 (226 years ago) Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 212th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1858)
1815 (211 years ago) James Curtis Hepburn, American physician, linguist, and missionary (died 1911)
1825 (201 years ago) Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (died 1903)
1855 (171 years ago) Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician (died 1916)
1857 (169 years ago) B. H. Roberts, English-American historian and politician (died 1933)
1860 (166 years ago) Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer (died 1903)
1862 (164 years ago) Paul Prosper Henrys, French general (died 1943)
1864 (162 years ago) Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (died 1941)
1870 (156 years ago) William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (died 1938)
1874 (152 years ago) Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer (died 1949)
1880 (146 years ago) Josef Gočár, Czech architect (died 1945)
1883 (143 years ago) Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (died 1926)
1884 (142 years ago) Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator (died 1941)
1886 (140 years ago) Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager (died 1963)
1886 (140 years ago) Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer (died 1949)
1888 (138 years ago) Paul Morand, French author and diplomat (died 1976)
1890 (136 years ago) Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (died 1951)
1892 (134 years ago) Janet Flanner, American journalist and author (died 1978)
1897 (129 years ago) Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet and activist (died 1937)
1898 (128 years ago) Henry Hathaway, American director and producer (died 1985)
1899 (127 years ago) John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)
1899 (127 years ago) Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (died 1978)
1900 (126 years ago) Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter (died 1980)
1900 (126 years ago) Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1902 (124 years ago) Hans Bellmer, German-French painter and sculptor (died 1975)
1904 (122 years ago) Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988)
1907 (119 years ago) Dorothy Tangney, Australian politician (died 1985)
1908 (118 years ago) Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 2002)
1908 (118 years ago) Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (died 1997)
1910 (116 years ago) Sammy Kaye, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1987)
1910 (116 years ago) Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (died 1973)
1911 (115 years ago) José Ardévol, Cuban composer and conductor (died 1981)
1911 (115 years ago) L. Ron Hubbard, American author, founder of Scientology (died 1986)
1913 (113 years ago) William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1987)
1913 (113 years ago) Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and playwright (died 2009)
1914 (112 years ago) W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (died 1998)
1914 (112 years ago) Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1943)
1916 (110 years ago) Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (died 2013)
1916 (110 years ago) Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (died 2017)
1920 (106 years ago) Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (died 2015)
1921 (105 years ago) Al Jaffee, American cartoonist (died 2023)
1923 (103 years ago) Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (died 2010)
1925 (101 years ago) Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer (died 2024)
1926 (100 years ago) Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (died 2003)
1929 (97 years ago) Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2014)
1930 (96 years ago) Walter Jacob, American Reform rabbi (died 2024)
1933 (93 years ago) Diane Dillon, American illustrator
1933 (93 years ago) Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (died 2014)
1933 (93 years ago) Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (died 2009)
1935 (91 years ago) David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (died 2015)
1938 (88 years ago) Robert Gammage, American captain and politician (died 2012)
1939 (87 years ago) Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2026)
1941 (85 years ago) Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (died 2001)
1941 (85 years ago) Lee Moses, American R&B Soul Singer and Guitarist (died 1998)
1942 (84 years ago) Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer
1942 (84 years ago) Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author (died 2008)
1942 (84 years ago) Scatman John, American singer-songwriter (died 1999)
1942 (84 years ago) George Negus, Australian journalist and television host (died 2024)
1944 (82 years ago) Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic
1945 (81 years ago) Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic
1946 (80 years ago) Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel (died 1976)
1947 (79 years ago) Lesley Collier, English ballerina and educator
1947 (79 years ago) Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist (died 2018)
1947 (79 years ago) Lyn St. James, American race car driver
1949 (77 years ago) Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician
1949 (77 years ago) Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand
1949 (77 years ago) Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (died 2024)
1950 (76 years ago) Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor (died 2025)
1950 (76 years ago) Bernard Julien, Trinidadian cricketer
1950 (76 years ago) Charles Krauthammer, American physician, journalist, and author (died 2018)
1950 (76 years ago) William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1952 (74 years ago) Wolfgang Rihm, German composer and educator
1952 (74 years ago) Tim Sebastian, English journalist and author
1953 (73 years ago) Andy Bean, American golfer (died 2023)
1953 (73 years ago) Michael Curry, American bishop, 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
1953 (73 years ago) Deborah Raffin, American actress (died 2012)
1954 (72 years ago) Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat
1954 (72 years ago) Robin Duke, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1955 (71 years ago) Bruno Conti, Italian footballer and manager
1955 (71 years ago) Glenne Headly, American actress (died 2017)
1955 (71 years ago) Olga Rukavishnikova, Russian pentathlete
1956 (70 years ago) Dana Delany, American actress and producer
1956 (70 years ago) Jamie Dimon, North-American businessman and banker
1957 (69 years ago) John Hoeven, American banker and politician, 31st Governor of North Dakota
1957 (69 years ago) Moses Hogan, American composer and conductor (died 2003)
1958 (68 years ago) Mágico González, Salvadoran footballer
1958 (68 years ago) Rick Lazio, American lawyer and politician
1958 (68 years ago) Caryl Phillips, Caribbean-English author and playwright
1959 (67 years ago) Dirk Wellham, Australian cricketer
1960 (66 years ago) Adam Clayton, English-Irish musician and songwriter
1960 (66 years ago) Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (died 2005)
1962 (64 years ago) Alfredo Maia, Portuguese politician
1963 (63 years ago) Mariano Duncan, Dominican baseball player and manager
1963 (63 years ago) Vance Johnson, American football player
1963 (63 years ago) Fito Páez, Argentine musician, songwriter and filmmaker
1964 (62 years ago) Will Clark, American baseball player
1964 (62 years ago) Craig Dimond, Australian rugby league player
1964 (62 years ago) Trevor Gillmeister, Australian rugby league player and coach
1966 (60 years ago) Chico Science, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1997)
1967 (59 years ago) Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (died 1994)
1967 (59 years ago) Pieter Vink, Dutch footballer and referee
1969 (57 years ago) Darren Fritz, Australian rugby league player
1970 (56 years ago) Tim Story, American director and producer
1971 (55 years ago) Annabeth Gish, American actress
1971 (55 years ago) Allan Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
1971 (55 years ago) Adina Porter, American actress
1972 (54 years ago) Common, American rapper and actor
1972 (54 years ago) Trent Dilfer, American football player, coach, and analyst
1973 (53 years ago) Edgar Davids, Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager
1973 (53 years ago) David Draiman, American singer-songwriter
1973 (53 years ago) Bobby Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1974 (52 years ago) James Brinkley, Scottish cricketer
1974 (52 years ago) Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player and sportscaster
1975 (51 years ago) Mark Clattenburg, English football referee
1976 (50 years ago) Troy Hudson, American basketball player and rapper
1976 (50 years ago) Danny Masterson, American actor and producer
1978 (48 years ago) Tom Danielson, American cyclist
1979 (47 years ago) Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 (47 years ago) Cédric Van Branteghem, Belgian sprinter
1980 (46 years ago) Caron Butler, American basketball player
1980 (46 years ago) Brad Watts, Australian rugby league player
1982 (44 years ago) Izi Castro Marques, Brazilian basketball player
1982 (44 years ago) Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player
1983 (43 years ago) Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
1984 (42 years ago) Geeta Basra, Indian actress
1985 (41 years ago) Alcides, Brazilian footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Emile Hirsch, American actor
1985 (41 years ago) Aleksandra Kosiorek, Polish politician and jurist
1986 (40 years ago) Neil Wagner, South African-New Zealand cricketer
1987 (39 years ago) Marco Andretti, American race car driver
1987 (39 years ago) Andreas Beck, German footballer
1988 (38 years ago) Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Holger Badstuber, German footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Peaches Geldof, English columnist, television personality, and model (died 2014)
1989 (37 years ago) Sandy León, Venezuelan baseball player
1989 (37 years ago) Marko Marin, German footballer
1989 (37 years ago) Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver
1990 (36 years ago) Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer
1990 (36 years ago) Marcell Dareus, American football player
1991 (35 years ago) Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater
1991 (35 years ago) Tristan Thompson, American basketball player
1992 (34 years ago) Lucy Fry, Australian actress
1992 (34 years ago) George MacKay, English actor
1992 (34 years ago) Ozuna, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and rapper
1992 (34 years ago) L, South Korean actor and singer
1993 (33 years ago) Tyrone Mings, English footballer
1994 (32 years ago) Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer
1994 (32 years ago) Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer
1995 (31 years ago) Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
1995 (31 years ago) Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player
1996 (30 years ago) Brayden Point, Canadian ice hockey player
1997 (29 years ago) Pyper America, American model, actress, and musician
1997 (29 years ago) Landry Shamet, American basketball player
1998 (28 years ago) Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer
1998 (28 years ago) Jack Harlow, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor
2001 (25 years ago) Beomgyu, South Korean singer-songwriter
2001 (25 years ago) Thomas Dearden, Australian rugby league player
2002 (24 years ago) Frank Gore Jr., American football player
2004 (22 years ago) Coco Gauff, American tennis player

Deaths (76)

1202 (824 years ago) Mieszko III the Old, king of Poland (born c. 1121)
1271 (755 years ago) Henry of Almain, English knight (born 1235)
1415 (611 years ago) Minye Kyawswa, Crown Prince of Ava (born 1391)
1447 (579 years ago) Shah Rukh, Timurid ruler of Persia and Transoxania (born 1377)
1573 (453 years ago) Michel de l'Hôpital, French politician (born 1507)
1601 (425 years ago) Henry Cuffe, Politician (born 1563)
1619 (407 years ago) Richard Burbage, English actor (born 1567)
1711 (315 years ago) Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (born 1636)
1719 (307 years ago) Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (born 1682)
1800 (226 years ago) Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (born 1742)
1808 (218 years ago) Christian VII of Denmark,
1823 (203 years ago) John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (born 1735)
1833 (193 years ago) William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (born 1757)
1842 (184 years ago) Henry Shrapnel, English general (born 1761)
1854 (172 years ago) Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (born 1773)
1873 (153 years ago) David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (born 1808)
1879 (147 years ago) Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (born 1818)
1881 (145 years ago) Alexander II of Russia,
1884 (142 years ago) Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (born 1868)
1885 (141 years ago) Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (born 1795)
1901 (125 years ago) Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (born 1833)
1906 (120 years ago) Susan B. Anthony, American activist (born 1820)
1912 (114 years ago) Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (born 1836)
1921 (105 years ago) Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (born 1835)
1923 (103 years ago) Josephine Leary, American real estate entrepreneur (born 1856)
1936 (90 years ago) Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1851)
1938 (88 years ago) Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (born 1857)
1943 (83 years ago) Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (born 1898)
1946 (80 years ago) Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (born 1878)
1951 (75 years ago) Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (born 1917)
1953 (73 years ago) Johan Laidoner, Estonian general and statesman (born 1884)
1961 (65 years ago) Lise Lindbæk, Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (born 1905)
1962 (64 years ago) Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor (born 1882)
1965 (61 years ago) Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (born 1891)
1965 (61 years ago) Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (born 1882)
1971 (55 years ago) Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
1972 (54 years ago) Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (born 1941)
1975 (51 years ago) Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1976 (50 years ago) Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (born 1900)
1983 (43 years ago) Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (born 1896)
1990 (36 years ago) Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (born 1903)
1995 (31 years ago) Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (born 1912)
1996 (30 years ago) Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1941)
1998 (28 years ago) Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (born 1945)
1998 (28 years ago) Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (born 1911)
1999 (27 years ago) Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (born 1911)
1999 (27 years ago) Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (born 1912)
2001 (25 years ago) John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (born 1934)
2001 (25 years ago) Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (born 1895)
2002 (24 years ago) Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (born 1900)
2004 (22 years ago) Franz König, Austrian cardinal (born 1905)
2006 (20 years ago) Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (born 1921)
2006 (20 years ago) Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (born 1944)
2006 (20 years ago) Maureen Stapleton, American actress (born 1925)
2006 (20 years ago) Peter Tomarken, American television personality, game show host (born 1942)
2007 (19 years ago) Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (born 1925)
2009 (17 years ago) Betsy Blair, American actress (born 1923)
2009 (17 years ago) Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (born 1917)
2010 (16 years ago) Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (born 1930)
2011 (15 years ago) Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1951)
2013 (13 years ago) Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (born 1957)
2014 (12 years ago) Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (born 1928)
2014 (12 years ago) Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (born 1944)
2014 (12 years ago) Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (born 1932)
2014 (12 years ago) Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (born 1934)
2015 (11 years ago) Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)
2016 (10 years ago) Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (born 1926)
2017 (9 years ago) Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (born 1965)
2018 (8 years ago) Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (born 1931)
2021 (5 years ago) Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American professional boxer (born 1954)
2021 (5 years ago) Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (born 1923)
2022 (4 years ago) William Hurt, American actor (born 1950)
2024 (2 years ago) Philippe de Gaulle, French admiral (born 1921)
2025 (a year ago) John Feinstein, American sportswriter and commentator (born 1956)
2025 (a year ago) Raúl Grijalva, United States representative from Arizona (born 1948)
2025 (a year ago) Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (born 1931)