July 19 is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 165 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
484 – Leontius , Roman usurper , is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey ). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital.
711 – Umayyad conquest of Hispania : Battle of Guadalete : Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic .
998 – Arab–Byzantine wars : Battle of Apamea : Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea .
1333 – Wars of Scottish Independence : Battle of Halidon Hill : The English win a decisive victory over the Scots .
1544 – Italian War of 1542–46 : The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth ; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War : Battle of Gravelines : The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel .
1701 – Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty , ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England .
1702 – Great Northern War : A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong , operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow .
1821 – Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom .
1832 – The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary.
1843 – Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
1848 – Women's rights : A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York .
1863 – American Civil War : Morgan's Raid : At Buffington Island in Ohio , Confederate General John Hunt Morgan 's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River .
1864 – Taiping Rebellion : Third Battle of Nanking : The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom .
1870 – Franco-Prussian War : France declares war on Prussia .
1900 – The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
1903 – Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France .
1916 – World War I : Battle of Fromelles : British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme .
1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I , ex-servicemen riot and burn down Luton Town Hall .
1940 – World War II : Battle of Cape Spada : The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
1940 – Field Marshal Ceremony : First occasion in World War II, that Hitler appointed field marshals due to military achievements.
1940 – World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army .
1942 – World War II: Battle of the Atlantic : German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to the effective American convoy system.
1943 – World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
1947 – The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
1947 – Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
1952 – The 1952 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki , Finland.
1961 – Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte ; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90 . Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – Vietnam War : At a rally in Saigon , South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam .
1972 – Dhofar Rebellion : British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat .
1976 – Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1979 – The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua .
1980 – The 1980 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were opened in Moscow , Russia.
1981 – In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan , French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier , a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
1983 – The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1985 – The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1989 – United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
1992 – A car bomb placed by mafia with collaboration of Italian intelligence kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort
1997 – The Troubles : The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
2014 – 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.
Births
810 – Muhammad al-Bukhari , Persian scholar (d. 870)
1670 – Richard Leveridge , English singer-songwriter (d. 1758)
1688 – Giuseppe Castiglione , Italian missionary and painter (d. 1766)
1744 – Heinrich Christian Boie , German author and poet (d. 1806)
1759 – Marianna Auenbrugger , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1782)
1759 – Seraphim of Sarov , Russian monk and saint (d. 1833)
1771 – Thomas Talbot , Irish-Canadian colonel and politician (d. 1853)
1789 – John Martin , English painter, engraver, and illustrator (d. 1854)
1800 – Juan José Flores , Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
1814 – Samuel Colt , American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (d. 1862)
1819 – Gottfried Keller , Swiss author, poet, and playwright (d. 1890)
1822 – Princess Augusta of Cambridge (d. 1916)
1827 – Mangal Pandey , Indian soldier (d. 1857)
1834 – Edgar Degas , French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1917)
1849 – Ferdinand Brunetière , French scholar and critic (d. 1906)
1860 – Lizzie Borden , American accused murderer (d. 1927)
1865 – Georges Friedel , French mineralogist and crystallographer (d.1933)
1865 – Charles Horace Mayo , American surgeon, founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
1868 – Florence Foster Jenkins , American soprano and educator (d. 1945)
1869 – Xenophon Stratigos , Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (d. 1927)
1876 – Joseph Fielding Smith , American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972)
1877 – Arthur Fielder , English cricketer (d. 1949)
1881 – Friedrich Dessauer , German physicist and philosopher (d. 1963)
1883 – Max Fleischer , Austrian-American animator and producer (d. 1972)
1886 – Michael Fekete , Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (d. 1957)
1888 – Enno Lolling , German physician (d. 1945)
1890 – George II of Greece (d. 1947)
1892 – Dick Irvin , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1957)
1893 – Vladimir Mayakovsky , Russian actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1930)
1894 – Aleksandr Khinchin , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
1894 – Khawaja Nazimuddin , Bangladeshi-Pakistani politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965)
1895 – Xu Beihong , Chinese painter and academic (d. 1953)
1896 – Reginald Baker , English film producer (d. 1985)
1896 – A.J. Cronin , Scottish physician and novelist (d. 1981)
1896 – Bob Meusel , American baseball player and sailor (d. 1977)
1898 – Olle Hilding , Swedish actor (d. 1983)
1898 – Herbert Marcuse , German-American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1979)
1899 – Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay , Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1979)
1902 – Samudrala Raghavacharya , Indian singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1904 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith , American lawyer and farmer (d. 1985)
1907 – Isabel Jewell , American actress and singer (d. 1972)
1909 – Balamani Amma , Indian poet and author (d. 2004)
1914 – Marius Russo , American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916 – Phil Cavarretta , American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
1917 – William Scranton , American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
1919 – Dallas McKennon , American actor (d. 2009)
1919 – Patricia Medina , English-American actress (d. 2012)
1919 – Miltos Sachtouris , Greek poet and author (d. 2005)
1919 – Ron Searle , English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (d. 2015)
1920 – Robert Mann , American violinist, composer, and conductor (Juilliard String Quartet )
1920 – Richard Oriani , Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (d. 2015)
1921 – Harold Camping , American evangelist, author, radio host (d. 2013)
1921 – André Moynet , French soldier, race car driver, and politician (d. 1993)
1921 – Elizabeth Spencer , American author and playwright
1921 – Rosalyn Sussman Yalow , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1922 – George McGovern , American lieutenant, historian, and politician (d. 2012)
1923 – Theo Barker , English historian (d. 2001)
1923 – Joseph Hansen , American author and poet (d. 2004)
1923 – William A. Rusher , American lawyer and journalist (d. 2011)
1923 – Lon Simmons , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1924 – Stanley K. Hathaway , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2005)
1924 – Pat Hingle , American actor and producer (d. 2009)
1924 – Arthur Rankin, Jr. , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1925 – Sue Thompson , American singer
1926 – Helen Gallagher , American actress, singer, and dancer
1929 – Gaston Glock , Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H.
1930 – Darko Suvin , Croatian-Canadian critic and academic
1932 – Buster Benton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1932 – Jan Lindblad , Swedish biologist and photographer (d. 1987)
1934 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980)
1935 – Nick Koback , American baseball player and golfer (d. 2015)
1935 – Vasily Livanov , Russian actor and screenwriter
1936 – David Colquhoun , English pharmacologist and academic
1937 – George Hamilton IV , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1938 – Richard Jordan , American actor (d. 1993)
1938 – Jayant Narlikar , Indian astrophysicist and astronomer
1938 – Tom Raworth , English poet and academic
1940 – Dennis Cole , American actor (d. 2009)
1941 – Vikki Carr , American singer and actress
1941 – Neelie Kroes , Dutch politician and diplomat, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
1944 – Tim McIntire , American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1944 – Andres Vooremaa , Estonian chess player
1943 – Han Sai Por , Singaporean sculptor and academic
1945 – Paule Baillargeon , Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1945 – George Dzundza , German-American actor
1946 – Stephen Coonts , American lawyer and author
1946 – Alan Gorrie , Scottish singer and bass player (Average White Band and Forever More )
1946 – Ilie Năstase , Romanian tennis player and politician
1947 – André Forcier , Canadian director and screenwriter
1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische , German footballer and manager
1947 – Bernie Leadon , American guitarist and songwriter (The Eagles , The Flying Burrito Brothers , Nitty Gritty Dirt Band , Run C&W , and Hearts & Flowers )
1947 – Brian May , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Queen and Smile )
1948 – Beverly Archer , American actress and screenwriter
1948 – Keith Godchaux , American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band ) (d. 1980)
1949 – Ivar Kants , Australian actor
1950 – Per-Kristian Foss , Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950 – Freddy Moore , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Adrian Noble , English director and screenwriter
1951 – Abel Ferrara , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Allen Collins , American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd , The Rossington-Collins Band , and Allen Collins Band ) (d. 1990)
1952 – Nancy Folbre , American economist and academic
1954 – Alvan Adams , American basketball player
1954 – Mark O'Donnell , American playwright (d. 2012)
1954 – Steve O'Donnell , American screenwriter and producer
1954 – Srđa Trifković , Serbian-American journalist and historian
1955 – Roger Binny , Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1955 – Dalton McGuinty , Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Ontario
1956 – K. A. Applegate , American author
1956 – Mark Crispin , American computer scientist, designed the IMAP (d. 2012)
1956 – Joe Mohen , American businessman
1956 – Rajendra Prasad , Indian actor and producer
1956 – Nikki Sudden , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jacobites and Swell Maps ) (d. 2006)
1956 – Yoshiaki Yatsu , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1958 – Brad Drewett , Australian tennis player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1958 – Robert Gibson , American wrestler
1958 – David Robertson , American conductor
1959 – Juan J. Campanella , Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Atom Egoyan , Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Kevin Haskins , English drummer and songwriter (Bauhaus , Love and Rockets , and Tones on Tail )
1961 – Harsha Bhogle , Indian journalist and author
1961 – Maria Filatova , Russian gymnast
1961 – Lisa Lampanelli , American comedian, actress, and author
1961 – Benoît Mariage , Belgian director and screenwriter
1961 – Hideo Nakata , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Campbell Scott , American actor, director, and producer
1962 – Anthony Edwards , American actor and director
1963 – Garth Nix , Australian author
1964 – André A. Jackson , French businessman
1964 – Masahiko Kondō , Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and race car driver
1964 – Mark Wigglesworth , English conductor
1965 – Evelyn Glennie , Scottish drummer
1965 – Stuart Scott , American sportscaster and actor (d. 2015)
1965 – Claus-Dieter Wollitz , German footballer and manager
1966 – Nancy Carell , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – David Segui , American baseball player
1967 – Yael Abecassis , Israeli model and actress
1967 – Jean-François Mercier , Canadian comedian, screenwriter, and television host
1968 – Robb Flynn , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Machine Head , Vio-lence , and Forbidden )
1968 – Pavel Kuka , Czech footballer and manager
1968 – Jim Norton , American comedian, actor, and author
1969 – Matthew Libatique , American cinematographer
1970 – Bill Chen , American poker player and software designer
1970 – Nicola Sturgeon , Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
1971 – Russell Allen , American singer-songwriter (Symphony X , Adrenaline Mob , Allen-Lande , and Star One )
1971 – Urs Bühler , Swiss tenor (Il Divo )
1971 – Rene Busch , Estonian tennis player and coach
1971 – Vitali Klitschko , Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kiev
1971 – Michael Modest , American wrestler
1971 – Catriona Rowntree , Australian television host
1971 – Lesroy Weekes , Montserratian cricketer
1972 – Naohito Fujiki , Japanese actor and singer
1972 – Ebbe Sand , Danish footballer and manager
1973 – Martin Powell , English keyboard player and songwriter (Cradle of Filth , My Dying Bride , Cryptal Darkness , and Anathema )
1973 – Saïd Taghmaoui , French actor and screenwriter
1973 – Scott Walker , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Rey Bucanero , Mexican wrestler
1974 – Francisco Copado , German footballer and manager
1974 – Josée Piché , Canadian ice dancer
1974 – Vince Spadea , American tennis player
1974 – Preston Wilson , American baseball player and sportscaster
1975 – Luca Castellazzi , Italian footballer
1975 – Wax Tailor , French DJ and producer
1976 – Benedict Cumberbatch , English actor
1976 – Gonzalo de los Santos , Uruguayan footballer and manager
1976 – Angela Griffin , English actress
1976 – Vinessa Shaw , American model and actress
1977 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Tony Mamaluke , American wrestler and manager
1977 – Haitham Mustafa , Sudanese footballer
1977 – Ed Smith , English cricketer and journalist
1978 – Atsushi Harada , Japanese actor
1979 – Rick Ankiel , American baseball player
1979 – Josué Anunciado de Oliveira , Brazilian footballer
1979 – Dilhara Fernando , Sri Lankan cricketer
1979 – Luke Young , English footballer
1979 – Michelle Heaton , English singer and actress (Liberty X )
1980 – Xavier Malisse , Belgian tennis player
1980 – Giorgio Mondini , Italian race car driver
1980 – Mark Webber , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1981 – Nenê , Brazilian footballer
1981 – David Bernard , Jamaican cricketer
1981 – Mark Gasnier , Australian rugby player
1981 – Jimmy Gobble , American baseball player
1981 – Didz Hammond , English singer and bass player (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause )
1981 – Nikki Osborne , Australian actress
1981 – Malvika Subba , Nepalese model and actress, Miss Nepal 2002
1981 – Grégory Vignal , French footballer
1982 – Christopher Bear , American drummer (Grizzly Bear )
1982 – Phil Coke , American baseball player
1982 – Jared Padalecki , American actor
1982 – Stuart Parnaby , English footballer
1982 – Jess Vanstrattan , Australian footballer
1983 – Helen Skelton , English television host and actress
1983 – Fedor Tyutin , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Craig Vye , English actor
1984 – Alessandra De Rossi , English-Filipino actress
1984 – Kaitlin Doubleday , American actress
1984 – Lasse Gjertsen , Norwegian animator and director
1984 – Matthias Laurenz Gräff , Austrian painter
1984 – Andrea Libman , Canadian actress and singer
1984 – Diana Mocanu , Romanian swimmer
1984 – Adam Morrison , American basketball player
1984 – Ryan O'Byrne , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Lewis Price , Welsh footballer
1985 – LaMarcus Aldridge , American basketball player
1985 – Zhou Haibin , Chinese footballer
1985 – Marina Kuzina , Russian basketball player
1985 – Hadi Norouzi , Iranian footballer (d. 2015)
1986 – Leandro Greco , Italian footballer
1987 – Jon Jones , American mixed martial artist
1987 – Marc Murphy , Australian footballer
1987 – Louie Torrellas , American actor and producer
1988 – Shane Dawson , American comedian and actor
1988 – Jakub Kovář , Czech ice hockey player
1988 – Cherami Leigh , American actress and producer
1988 – Joe Tracini , English actor and singer
1990 – Steven Anthony Lawrence , American actor
1991 – Eray İşcan , Turkish footballer
1992 – Jake Nicholson , English footballer
1995 – María José Alvarado , Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (d. 2014)
1997 – Ohga Tanaka , Japanese actor
Deaths
514 – Pope Symmachus
806 – Li Shigu , Chinese general (b. 778)
931 – Emperor Uda of Japan (b. 867)
998 – Damian Dalassenos , Byzantine general (b. 940)
1374 – Petrarch , Italian poet and scholar (b. 1304)
1415 – Philippa of Lancaster (b. 1359)
1543 – Mary Boleyn , English daughter of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (b. 1499)
1631 – Cesare Cremonini , Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1550)
1687 – Laura Martinozzi , Italian wife of Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena (b. 1637)
1692 – Sarah Good , American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1653)
1692 – Susannah Martin , American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1621)
1742 – William Somervile , English poet and author (b. 1675)
1810 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1776)
1814 – Matthew Flinders , English navigator and cartographer (b. 1774)
1824 – Agustín de Iturbide , Mexican general and emperor (b. 1783)
1838 – Pierre Louis Dulong , French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)
1850 – Margaret Fuller , American journalist and critic (b. 1810)
1855 – Konstantin Batyushkov , Russian poet and translator (b. 1787)
1857 – Stefano Franscini , Swiss statistician and politician (b. 1796)
1868 – Okita Sōji , Japanese captain (b. 1844)
1878 – Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1847)
1896 – Abraham H. Cannon , American publisher and religious leader (b. 1859)
1913 – Clímaco Calderón , Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
1933 – Kaarle Krohn , Finnish historian and academic (b. 1863)
1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe , American poet and author (b. 1850)
1943 – Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
1947 – U Razak , Burmese educator and politician (b. 1898)
1947 – Aung San , Burmese general and politician (b. 1915)
1947 – Lyuh Woon-hyung , South Korean politician (b. 1886)
1963 – William Andrew , English Anglican priest (b. 1884)
1965 – Syngman Rhee , South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
1967 – Odell Shepard , American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
1969 – Stratis Myrivilis , Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
1974 – Joe Flynn , American actor (b. 1924)
1974 – Ernő Schwarz , Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
1975 – Lefty Frizzell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
1977 – Karl Ristikivi , Estonian geographer, author, and poet (b. 1912)
1980 – Margaret Craven , American journalist and author (b. 1901)
1980 – Nihat Erim , Turkish jurist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)
1980 – Hans Morgenthau , German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1904)
1981 – Roger Doucet , Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
1982 – Hugh Everett III , American physicist and mathematician (b. 1930)
1982 – John Harvey , English actor (b. 1911)
1984 – Faina Ranevskaya , Russian actress (b. 1896)
1985 – Janusz Zajdel , Polish author (b. 1938)
1989 – Kazimierz Sabbat , Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1913)
1990 – Eddie Quillan , American actor and singer (b. 1907)
1992 – Paolo Borsellino , Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
1994 – Victor Barbeau , Canadian author and academic (b. 1896)
1998 – Elmer Valo , Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
2002 – Dave Carter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) (b. 1952)
2002 – Alan Lomax , American historian, scholar, and activist (b. 1915)
2003 – Bill Bright , American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (b. 1921)
2003 – Pierre Graber , Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1908)
2004 – Sylvia Daoust , Canadian sculptor (b. 1902)
2004 – Francis A. Marzen , American priest and journalist (b. 1924)
2004 – Zenkō Suzuki , Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
2005 – Edward Bunker , American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2006 – Jack Warden , American actor and singer (b. 1920)
2007 – A. K. Faezul Huq , Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1945)
2007 – Roberto Fontanarrosa , Argentinian cartoonist (b. 1944)
2008 – Dercy Gonçalves , Brazilian comedian and actress (b. 1907)
2009 – Frank McCourt , American author and educator (b. 1930)
2009 – Henry Surtees , English race car driver (b. 1991)
2010 – Cécile Aubry , French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2010 – Jon Cleary , Australian author and playwright (b. 1917)
2012 – Humayun Ahmed , Bangladeshi director and playwright (b. 1948)
2012 – Tom Davis , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2012 – Mohammad Hassan Ganji , Iranian meteorologist and academic (b. 1912)
2012 – Omar Suleiman , Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (b. 1935)
2012 – Sylvia Woods , American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (b. 1926)
2012 – Valiulla Yakupov , Islamic cleric (b. 1963)
2013 – Mikhail Gorsheniov , Russian singer-songwriter and actor (Korol i Shut ) (b. 1973)
2013 – Geeto Mongol , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)
2013 – Poncie Ponce , American actor and singer (b. 1933)
2013 – Mel Smith , English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2013 – Bert Trautmann , German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2013 – Phil Woosnam , Welsh-American soccer player and manager (b. 1932)
2013 – Peter Ziegler , Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1928)
2014 – David Easton , Canadian-American political scientist and academic (b. 1917)
2014 – Lionel Ferbos , American trumpet player (b. 1911)
2014 – Paul M. Fleiss , American pediatrician and author (b. 1933)
2014 – James Garner , American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
2014 – Ray King , English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
2014 – Skye McCole Bartusiak , American actress (b. 1992)
2014 – John Winkin , American baseball player, coach, and journalist (b. 1919)
2015 – Van Alexander , American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
2015 – Bernat Martínez , Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1980)
2015 – Galina Prozumenshchikova , Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (b. 1948)
2015 – Carmino Ravosa , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1930)
2015 – Dani Rivas , Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1988)
2015 – Gennadiy Seleznyov , Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (b. 1947)
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