October 19
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1912 - Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914 - World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
- 1921 - The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
- 1922 - British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
- 1935 - The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
- 1936 – New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
- 1943 - The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
- 1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
- 1944 - United States forces land in the Philippines.
- 1944 - A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
- 1948 - Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring three presidents of the United States, was dedicated at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1950 - China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
- 1950 - Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
- 1950 - Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
- 1953 - Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
- 1955 - The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
- 1956 - The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration of 1956|Joint Declaration], officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
- 1960 - The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
- 1973 - President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
- 1974 - Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
- 1986 - The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
- 1987 - The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- 1987 - Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
- 1988 - The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
- 1989 - The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
- 2001 - SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
- 2003 - Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
- 2004 - Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.
- 2005 - Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
- 2005 - Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
- 2012 - A October [2012 Beirut bombing|bomb explosion] kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
- 2013 - One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
- 2019 - Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.
- 2025 - Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1605 - Thomas Browne, English physician and author
- 1609 - Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer
- 1610 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- 1613 - Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint
- 1658 - Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1676 - Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat
- 1680 - John Abernethy, Irish minister
- 1688 - William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist
- 1718 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War
- 1720 - John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist
- 1721 - Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist
- 1784 - Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic
- 1789 - Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher
- 1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia
- 1814 - Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter
- 1826 - Ralph Tollemache, English priest
- 1850 - Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic
- 1858 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist
- 1862 - Auguste Lumière, French director and producer
- 1868 - Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle
- 1873 - Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
- 1873 - Bart King, American cricketer
- 1876 - Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1876 - Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1879 - Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist
- 1882 - Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1885 - Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
- 1895 - Frank Durbin, American soldier
- 1895 - Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher
- 1896 - Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager
- 1897 - Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar
- 1899 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1900 - Erna Berger, German soprano and actress
- 1900 - Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player
- 1900 - Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player
1901–present
- 1901 - Arleigh Burke, American admiral
- 1903 - Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor
- 1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer
- 1908 - Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1909 - Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic
- 1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1910 - Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player
- 1910 - Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher
- 1910 - Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer
- 1913 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer
- 1914 - Juanita Moore, American actress
- 1916 - Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1916 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist
- 1916 - Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist
- 1917 - William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
- 1917 - Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic
- 1917 - Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician
- 1918 - Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator
- 1918 - Russell Kirk, American theorist and author
- 1918 - Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia
- 1920 - Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician
- 1920 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader
- 1920 - LaWanda Page, American actress
- 1920 - Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer
- 1921 - George Nader, American actor
- 1922 - Jack Anderson, American journalist and author
- 1923 - Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- 1923 - Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach
- 1925 - Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer
- 1925 - Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland
- 1925 - Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral
- 1926 - Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1926 - Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic
- 1926 - Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic
- 1926 - Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina
- 1927 - Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
- 1927 - Stephen Keynes, English businessman
- 1928 - Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company
- 1929 - Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic
- 1930 - John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician
- 1930 - Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist
- 1931 - Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
- 1931 - John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author
- 1931 - Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player
- 1932 - Robert Reed, American actor
- 1933 - Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator
- 1933 - Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal
- 1934 - Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
- 1934 - Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician
- 1935 - Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1936 - James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister
- 1936 - Tony Lo Bianco, American actor
- 1937 - Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
- 1937 - Peter Max, German-American illustrator
- 1937 - Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician
- 1938 - Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
- 1939 - David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1940 - Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter
- 1940 - Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor
- 1940 - Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti
- 1941 - Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
- 1941 - Simon Ward, English actor
- 1942 - Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author
- 1943 - Robin Holloway, English composer and academic
- 1943 - Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach
- 1943 - L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet
- 1944 - George McCrae, American singer
- 1944 - Bill Melchionni, American basketball player
- 1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1945 - Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 - Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor
- 1945 - Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
- 1945 - Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
- 1945 - John Lithgow, American actor
- 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley, American singer
- 1945 - Martin Welz, South African journalist
- 1946 - Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor
- 1946 - Philip Pullman, English author and academic
- 1946 - Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist
- 1947 - Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator
- 1948 - James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
- 1948 - Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter
- 1948 - Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 - Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host
- 1950 - Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
- 1951 - Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
- 1951 - Annie Golden, American actress and singer
- 1951 - Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician
- 1952 - Peter Bone, English accountant and politician
- 1952 - Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
- 1953 - Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach
- 1954 - Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
- 1954 - Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
- 1954 - Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach
- 1955 - Dan Gutman, American author
- 1955 - LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
- 1955 - Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player
- 1956 - Steve Doocy, American journalist and author
- 1956 - Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach
- 1956 - Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
- 1956 - Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach
- 1956 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician
- 1956 - Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
- 1957 - Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1957 - Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic
- 1957 - Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1958 - Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, List of [Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan|British Ambassador to Kazakhstan]
- 1958 - Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager
- 1958 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
- 1958 - Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- 1958 - Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger
- 1959 - Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
- 1959 - Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
- 1960 - Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer
- 1960 - Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
- 1960 - Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
- 1960 - Susan Straight, American author and academic
- 1960 - Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
- 1960 - Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
- 1961 - Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer
- 1961 - Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1962 - Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality
- 1962 - Tracy Chevalier, American-English author
- 1962 - Brian Henninger, American golfer
- 1962 - Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
- 1962 - Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor
- 1962 - Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
- 1963 - Sinitta, American-British singer
- 1964 - Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host
- 1965 - Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1965 - Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
- 1966 - Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
- 1966 - David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
- 1967 - Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
- 1967 - Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor
- 1967 - Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1968 - Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer
- 1969 - Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru
- 1969 - Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
- 1969 - John Edward, American psychic and author
- 1969 - Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 - Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
- 1970 - Andrew Griffiths, English politician
- 1970 - Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 - Keith Foulke, American baseball player
- 1972 - Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor
- 1973 - Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
- 1973 - Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager
- 1973 - Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1976 - Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician
- 1976 - Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
- 1976 - Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
- 1976 - Desmond Harrington, American actor
- 1976 - Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1976 - Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
- 1976 - Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Michael Young, American baseball player
- 1977 - Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer
- 1977 - Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1977 - Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 - Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
- 1977 - Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
- 1978 - Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1978 - Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
- 1978 - Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
- 1979 - José Luis López, Mexican footballer
- 1979 - Brian Robertson, American trombonist
- 1979 - Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player
- 1980 - José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
- 1980 - Rajai Davis, American baseball player
- 1980 - Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
- 1981 - Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
- 1981 - Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
- 1982 - Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
- 1982 - J. A. Happ, American baseball player
- 1982 - Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
- 1982 - Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer
- 1982 - Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
- 1982 - Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
- 1983 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- 1983 - Andy Lonergan, English footballer
- 1983 - Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger
- 1984 - Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter
- 1984 - Thundercat, American singer and record producer
- 1987 - Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor
- 1987 - Sam Groth, Australian tennis player
- 1988 - Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer
- 1988 - Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer
- 1988 - Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
- 1989 - James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1989 - Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1989 - Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
- 1989 - Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor
- 1989 - Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host
- 1990 - Tom Kilbey, English footballer
- 1990 - Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1990 - Ciara Renée, American actress and singer
- 1990 - Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1991 - Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1992 - Lil Durk, American rapper
- 1992 - Shiho, Japanese actress and model
- 1993 - Hunter King, American actress
- 1993 - Abby Sunderland, American sailor
- 1994 - Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player
- 1994 - Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1994 - Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
- 1995 - Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player
- 1996 - Chance Perdomo, American-British actor
- 1996 - Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
- 1998 - Noof Al Maadeed, Qatari women's rights activist
- 1999 - Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 727 - Frithuswith, English saint
- 993 - Conrad I, King of Burgundy
- 1216 - John, King of England
- 1287 - Bohemond VII, Count of Tripoli
- 1354 - Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada
- 1375 - Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona
- 1401 - John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton
- 1432 - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England
- 1587 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
- 1595 - Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman
1601–1900
- 1608 - Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and author
- 1609 - Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian
- 1619 - Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher and educator
- 1636 - Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician
- 1678 - Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
- 1682 - Thomas Browne, English physician and author
- 1723 - Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter
- 1745 - Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist
- 1772 - Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman
- 1790 - Lyman Hall, American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia
- 1796 - Michel de Beaupuy, French general
- 1813 - Józef Poniatowski, Polish general
- 1815 - Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist
- 1842 - Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet and author
- 1851 - Marie Thérèse of France
- 1856 - William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island
- 1889 - Luís I of Portugal
- 1897 - George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company
1901–present
- 1901 - Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord
- 1905 - Virgil Earp, American marshal
- 1914 - Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist
- 1916 - Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter
- 1918 - Harold Lockwood, American actor
- 1924 - Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer
- 1926 - Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter
- 1936 - Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic
- 1937 - Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943 - Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator
- 1944 - Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician
- 1945 - Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico
- 1945 - N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator
- 1950 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright
- 1952 - Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer
- 1956 - Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader
- 1960 - Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer
- 1960 - George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1961 - Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey
- 1964 - Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- 1964 - Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic
- 1964 - Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham
- 1965 - Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator
- 1969 - Lacey Hearn, American sprinter
- 1970 - Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico
- 1978 - Gig Young, American actor
- 1983 - Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada
- 1984 - Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist
- 1985 - Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman
- 1986 - Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine
- 1986 - Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique
- 1987 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator
- 1987 - Hermann Lang, German race car driver
- 1988 - Son House, American singer and guitarist
- 1992 - Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host
- 1994 - Martha Raye, American actress and comedian
- 1995 - Don Cherry, American trumpet player
- 1995 - Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer
- 1996 - Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician
- 1997 - Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1997 - Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer
- 1999 - James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
- 1999 - Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author
- 2002 - Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut
- 2003 - Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler
- 2003 - Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2003 - Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author
- 2003 - Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver
- 2005 - Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist
- 2006 - James Glennon, American cinematographer
- 2006 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress
- 2007 - Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 2007 - Randall Forsberg, American activist and author
- 2007 - Michael Maidens, English footballer
- 2007 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter
- 2008 - Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic
- 2009 - Howard Unruh, American murderer
- 2009 - Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor
- 2010 - Tom Bosley, American actor
- 2011 - Kakkanadan, Indian author
- 2012 - Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- 2012 - Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general
- 2012 - Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta
- 2012 - Mike Graham, American wrestler
- 2012 - Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist
- 2013 - John Bergamo, American drummer and composer
- 2013 - Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier
- 2013 - Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer
- 2013 - Mikihiko Renjō, Japanese author
- 2013 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist and composer
- 2014 - John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 2014 - Stephen Paulus, American composer
- 2014 - Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer
- 2014 - Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist
- 2015 - Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster
- 2015 - Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer
- 2015 - Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2016 - Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records
- 2016 - Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower
- 2017 - Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director
- 2019 - Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist
- 2021 - Jack Angel, American voice actor
- 2023 - Atsushi Sakurai, singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick
- 2025 - Daniel Naroditsky, American chess grandmaster
Holidays and observances