November 23
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1910 - Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
- 1914 - Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
- 1921 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, signs the Willis–Campbell Act into law, prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.
- 1923 - The 1923 Irish hunger strikes ends, four Irish Republicans die from starvation.
- 1924 - Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
- 1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- 1939 - World War II: is sunk by the German battleships and.
- 1940 - World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
- 1943 - World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
- 1943 - World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
- 1944 - World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War.
- 1946 - French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
- 1955 - The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
- 1959 - French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
- 1963 - The first episode of Doctor Who is broadcast by the BBC, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
- 1971 - Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
- 1972 - The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at launching the N1 rocket.
- 1974 - Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
- 1976 - Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of undersea without breathing equipment.
- 1978 - Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
- 1978 - The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
- 1980 - The 6.9 Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X, killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
- 1981 - Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17, giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1985 - Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
- 1991 - Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.
- 1992 - The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1996 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
- 2001 - The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- 2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-113 to the International Space Station carrying the Expedition 6 crew and the P1 truss.
- 2003 - Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
- 2004 - The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
- 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
- 2006 - A 23 November [2006 Sadr City bombings|series of bombings] kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
- 2007 -, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
- 2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines; 58 opponents of Andal Ampatuan Jr. are kidnapped and killed.
- 2010 - Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
- 2011 - Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
- 2015 - Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
- 2018 - Founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled.
- 2019 - The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1632 - Jean Mabillon, French monk and scholar
- 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch lawyer and politician
- 1687 - Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French violinist and composer
- 1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian and author
- 1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author
- 1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor
- 1749 - Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina
- 1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist and activist
- 1781 - Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg
- 1785 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
- 1803 - Theodore Dwight Weld, American author and activist
- 1804 - Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States
- 1820 - Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author
- 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1838 - Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece
- 1858 - Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director
- 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman
- 1868 - Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter
- 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer
- 1869 - Johan Scharffenberg, Norwegian psychiatrist
- 1871 - Signe Salén, Swedish doctor
- 1871 - William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria
- 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician
- 1876 - Sara Prinsep, British salon organiser
- 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer
- 1878 - Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman
- 1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter
- 1886 - Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director
- 1887 - Boris Karloff, English actor
- 1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist
- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian and musician
- 1889 - Harry Sunderland, Australian-English journalist and businessman
- 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect
- 1892 - Erté, Russian-French illustrator and designer
- 1896 - Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- 1896 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna
- 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic
- 1897 - Karl Gebhardt, German physician and war criminal
- 1899 - Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator
1901–present
- 1901 - Bennie Osler, South African rugby player
- 1902 - Aaron Bank, American colonel
- 1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor
- 1903 - Joe Nibloe, Scottish footballer
- 1905 - K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant
- 1906 - Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet
- 1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon
- 1907 - Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB
- 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright
- 1909 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author
- 1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter
- 1914 - Donald Nixon, American businessman
- 1914 - Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author
- 1915 - Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot
- 1915 - John Dehner, American actor
- 1915 - Marc Simont, French-American illustrator
- 1916 - Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor
- 1916 - P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet
- 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator
- 1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor
- 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia
- 1922 - Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam
- 1923 - Daniel Brewster, American colonel, lawyer, and politician
- 1923 - Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral
- 1923 - Gloria Whelan, American author and poet
- 1924 - Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist
- 1924 - Josephine D'Angelo, American baseball player and educator
- 1924 - Paula Raymond, American model and actress
- 1924 - Colin Turnbull, English-American anthropologist and author
- 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador
- 1925 - Johnny Mandel, American composer and conductor
- 1925 - William Tebeau, African-American engineer
- 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
- 1926 - R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1927 - John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author
- 1927 - Guy Davenport, American author and scholar
- 1927 - Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal
- 1928 - Jerry Bock, American composer
- 1928 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer and coach
- 1928 - Elmarie Wendel, American actress and singer
- 1928 - Brendan Pereira, Indian advertising executive
- 1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
- 1930 - Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress
- 1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager
- 1932 - Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
- 1932 - Michel David-Weill, French-American banker
- 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor
- 1933 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and activist
- 1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player
- 1934 - Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1934 - James R. Hogg, American admiral
- 1935 - Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer
- 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut
- 1938 - Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
- 1939 - Betty Everett, American singer and pianist
- 1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
- 1941 - Alan Mullery, English footballer and manager
- 1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor and producer
- 1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
- 1943 - Andrew Goodman, American activist
- 1943 - Sue Nicholls, English actress
- 1943 - David Nolan, American activist and politician
- 1943 - Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player and coach
- 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
- 1944 - Peter Lindbergh, German-French photographer and director
- 1944 - James Toback, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1945 - Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1945 - Jim Doyle, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
- 1945 - Tony Pond, English racing driver
- 1946 - Diana Quick, English actress
- 1946 - Bobby Rush, American activist and politician
- 1947 - Jean-Pierre Foucault, French radio and television host
- 1948 - Bård Breivik, Norwegian sculptor and art instructor
- 1948 - Bruce Vilanch, American actor and screenwriter
- 1948 - Frank Worthington, English footballer and manager
- 1949 - Alan Paul, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1949 - Sandra Stevens, English singer
- 1950 - Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
- 1950 - Carlos Eire, Cuban-born American author and academic
- 1950 - Charles Schumer, American lawyer and politician
- 1950 - Paul Wilson, Scottish footballer
- 1951 - Maik Galakos, Greek footballer and manager
- 1953 - Rick Bayless, American chef and author
- 1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 - Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
- 1953 - Martin Kent, Australian cricketer
- 1954 - Pete Allen, English clarinet player and saxophonist
- 1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
- 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1954 - Aavo Pikkuus, Estonian cyclist
- 1955 - Steven Brust, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author
- 1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian pianist and composer
- 1955 - Mary Landrieu, American politician
- 1956 - Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer
- 1956 - Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach
- 1956 - Karin Guthke, German diver
- 1957 - Andrew Toney, American basketball player
- 1958 - Martin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer and lawyer
- 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, English-American actor
- 1960 - Robin Roberts, American sportscaster and journalist
- 1961 - Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
- 1961 - Nicolas Bacri, French composer
- 1961 - Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
- 1961 - Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
- 1962 - Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
- 1963 - Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player
- 1963 - Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX
- 1964 - Steve Alford, American basketball player and coach
- 1964 - Marilyn Kidd, Australian rower
- 1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian triple jumper
- 1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American historian, author, and poet
- 1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer
- 1966 - Kevin Gallacher, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
- 1966 - Michelle Gomez, Scottish actress
- 1966 - Jerry Kelly, American golfer
- 1966 - Mark Robinson, English cricketer and coach
- 1967 - Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer and coach
- 1967 - Salli Richardson, American actress, director, and producer
- 1968 - Miloš Babić, Serbian basketball player
- 1968 - Robert Denmark, English runner and coach
- 1968 - Anthony Sullivan, English rugby league and union player
- 1968 - Kirsty Young, Scottish journalist
- 1969 - Olivier Beretta, Monégasque racing driver
- 1969 - Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
- 1969 - Robin Padilla, Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
- 1970 - Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
- 1970 - Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
- 1970 - Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
- 1970 - Karsten Müller, German chess player and author
- 1971 - Khaled Al-Muwallid, Saudi Arabian footballer
- 1971 - Ashraf Amaya, American basketball player
- 1971 - Vin Baker, American basketball player and coach
- 1971 - Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, producer, and television host
- 1972 - Christopher James Adler, American drummer
- 1972 - Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer
- 1972 - Kurupt, American rapper and producer
- 1972 - Helen Luz, Brazilian basketball player
- 1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1974 - Malik Rose, American basketball player, sportscaster, and executive
- 1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
- 1976 - Tony Renna, American race car driver
- 1976 - Murat Salar, German-Turkish footballer and manager
- 1976 - Kohei Suwama, Japanese wrestler
- 1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
- 1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
- 1979 - Kelly Brook, English model and actress
- 1979 - Ivica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1980 - Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
- 1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
- 1980 - Kirk Penney, New Zealand basketball player
- 1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- 1983 - Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer
- 1984 - Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- 1984 - Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer
- 1984 - Justin Turner, American baseball player
- 1985 - Viktor An, South Korean speed skater
- 1987 - Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1987 - Snooki, American reality television personality
- 1990 - Shaun Hutchinson, English footballer
- 1990 - Eddy Kim, South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1990 - Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater
- 1990 - Christopher Quiring, German footballer
- 1991 - Christian Cueva, Peruvian footballer
- 1991 - Willian José, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 - Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer
- 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1992 - Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1994 - Wes Burns, Welsh footballer
- 1995 - Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer
- 1996 - Alexis Ren, American social media personality, model, and actress
- 1996 - James Maddison, English footballer
- 1996 - Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
- 1998 - Caoimhín Kelleher, Irish footballer
- 1999 - Boubacar Kamara, French footballer
- 2001 - Tino Anjorin, English footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 386 - Jin Feidi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty
- 947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- 955 - Eadred, English king
- 1161 - Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
- 1183 - William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
- 1407 - Louis I, Duke of Orléans
- 1457 - Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king
- 1464 - Blessed Margaret of Savoy
- 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne
- 1503 - Bona of Savoy
- 1503 - Margaret of York
- 1534 - Beatriz Galindo, Spanish Latinist and educator
- 1572 - Bronzino, Italian painter and poet
- 1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer
1601–1900
- 1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English priest and author
- 1682 - Claude Lorrain, French-Italian painter and engraver
- 1763 - Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German field marshal and diplomat
- 1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Greek prince
- 1803 - Roger Newdigate, English politician
- 1804 - Richard Graves, English minister and author
- 1804 - Ivan Mane Jarnović, Italian violinist and composer
- 1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician
- 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States
- 1844 - Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer
- 1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1890 - William III of the Netherlands
- 1896 - Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer
- 1899 - Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line
1901–present
- 1905 - John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic
- 1907 - Naimuddin, Bengali writer and Islamic scholar
- 1910 - Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer
- 1923 - Andy O'Sullivan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike
- 1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist
- 1937 - Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist
- 1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist
- 1940 - Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria
- 1958 - Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower
- 1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland
- 1970 - Yusof Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore
- 1972 - Marie Wilson, American actress
- 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer
- 1974 - Notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
- * Abiye Abebe, Ethiopian general and politician
- * Aman Andom, Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia
- * Aklilu Habte-Wold, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- * Asrate Kassa, Ethiopian commander
- * Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author
- 1976 - André Malraux, French theorist and author
- 1979 - Merle Oberon, Indian-born British actress
- 1979 - Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982 - Grady Nutt, American minister and author
- 1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian painter
- 1983 - Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1984 - Leonard Baker, American historian and author
- 1990 - Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter
- 1991 - Klaus Kinski, German-American actor and director
- 1992 - Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
- 1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician
- 1994 - Art Barr, American wrestler
- 1994 - Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher
- 1995 - Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1995 - Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist
- 1996 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist
- 1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter
- 1996 - Idries Shah, Indian author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition.
- 1997 - Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman
- 2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player
- 2001 - Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist
- 2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor
- 2004 - Pete Franklin, American radio host
- 2005 - Constance Cummings, American-English actress
- 2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player and soldier
- 2006 - Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine
- 2006 - Nick Clarke, English journalist
- 2006 - Betty Comden, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
- 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy and defector
- 2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor
- 2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer
- 2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer and referee
- 2007 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player
- 2007 - Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
- 2007 - Robert Vesco, American-Cuban financier
- 2007 - Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union player
- 2009 - José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian
- 2010 - Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter and sculptor
- 2010 - Joyce Howard, English-American actress
- 2011 - Jim Rathmann, American race car driver
- 2012 - José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2012 - Chuck Diering, American baseball player
- 2012 - Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer
- 2012 - Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist
- 2013 - Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2013 - Costanzo Preve, Italian philosopher and theorist
- 2014 - Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia
- 2014 - Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player
- 2014 - Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 2014 - Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 2015 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic
- 2015 - Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 2015 - Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 2016 - Rita Barberá Nolla, Spanish politician
- 2016 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
- 2016 - Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor
- 2016 - Joe Esposito, road manager for Elvis Presley
- 2017 - Stela Popescu, Romanian actress
- 2020 - Tarun Gogoi, Indian Chief Minister of Assam
- 2024 - Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player
- 2024 - Fred R. Harris, American politician
- 2024 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality
Holidays and observances