January 11
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1912 - Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- 1914 - The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sinks after being crushed by ice.
- 1917 - The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage.
- 1922 - Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
- 1923 - Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927 - Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies
- 1943 - The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
- 1943 - Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
- 1946 - Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
- 1949 - The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1959 - 36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.
- 1961 - Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
- 1962 - Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
- 1962 - An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
- 1964 - Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1966 - The Tbilisi Metro is opened.
- 1972 - East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1973 - Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
- 1977 - The first episode of Finnish children's TV show Pikku Kakkonen is aired on Yle TV2.
- 1983 - United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.
- 1986 - The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 - The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Irish Republican Army|IRA] and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1995 - 51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.
- 1996 - Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998 - Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
- 2003 - Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- 2013 - One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.
Births
Pre-1600
- 347 - Theodosius I, Roman emperor
- 889 - Abd-ar-Rahman III, first Caliph of Córdoba
- 1113 - Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet
- 1209 - Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor
- 1322 - Emperor Kōmyō of Japan
- 1359 - Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan
- 1395 - Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France
- 1503 - Parmigianino, Italian artist
- 1589 - William Strode, English politician
- 1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
1601–1900
- 1624 - Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter
- 1630 - John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic
- 1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist
- 1642 - Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer
- 1650 - Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter
- 1671 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat
- 1755 - Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1757 - Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect
- 1760 - Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut
- 1777 - Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader
- 1786 - Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist
- 1788 - William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic
- 1800 - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer
- 1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University
- 1814 - James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist
- 1814 - Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician
- 1815 - John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada
- 1825 - Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic
- 1839 - Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist
- 1842 - William James, American psychologist and philosopher
- 1843 - Adolf Eberle, German painter
- 1845 - Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist
- 1850 - Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist
- 1852 - Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany
- 1853 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor
- 1856 - Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1857 - Fred Archer, English jockey
- 1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges
- 1859 - George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India
- 1864 - Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician
- 1867 - John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal
- 1867 - Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic
- 1868 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician
- 1870 - Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator
- 1872 - G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic
- 1873 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist
- 1874 - Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, Salvadoran politician, physician, and three-time president of El Salvador
- 1875 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic
- 1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player
- 1876 - Thomas Hicks, American runner
- 1878 - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece
- 1885 - Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist
- 1886 - George Zucco, British actor
- 1887 - Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author
- 1888 - Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician
- 1889 - Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic
- 1890 - Max Carey, American baseball player and manager
- 1890 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic
- 1891 - Andrew Sockalexis, American runner
- 1893 - Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter
- 1893 - Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1893 - Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author
- 1895 - Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company
- 1897 - Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author
- 1897 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer
- 1899 - Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer
1901–present
- 1901 - Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot
- 1902 - Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer
- 1903 - Alan Paton, South African author and activist
- 1905 - Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD
- 1907 - Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France
- 1907 - Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher
- 1908 - Lionel Stander, American actor and activist
- 1910 - Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player
- 1910 - Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician
- 1911 - Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter
- 1911 - Nora Heysen, Australian painter
- 1911 - Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1912 - Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1913 - Karl Stegger, Danish actor
- 1915 - Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower
- 1915 - Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer
- 1916 - Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor
- 1917 - John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario
- 1918 - Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist
- 1918 - Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier
- 1920 - Mick McManus, English wrestler
- 1921 - Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer
- 1921 - Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce
- 1923 - Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter
- 1923 - Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
- 1923 - Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International
- 1924 - Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 - Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician
- 1924 - Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician
- 1925 - Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
- 1926 - Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1928 - David L. Wolper, American director and producer
- 1929 - Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist
- 1930 - Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
- 1930 - Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter
- 1931 - Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator
- 1931 - Mary Rodgers, American composer and author
- 1932 - Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
- 1933 - Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1934 - Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 - Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1936 - Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator
- 1937 - Felix Silla, Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman
- 1938 - Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician
- 1939 - Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
- 1940 - Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1941 - Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1941 - Gérson, Brazilian footballer
- 1942 - Bud Acton, American basketball player
- 1942 - Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor
- 1944 - Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic
- 1944 - Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- 1945 - Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman
- 1946 - Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1946 - Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
- 1946 - John Piper, American theologian and author
- 1947 - Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
- 1948 - Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
- 1948 - Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1948 - Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna
- 1948 - Madeline Manning, American runner and coach
- 1948 - Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
- 1949 - Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1949 - Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1949 - Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
- 1951 - Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist
- 1951 - Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager
- 1951 - Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop
- 1952 - Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
- 1952 - Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect
- 1952 - Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
- 1952 - Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1952 - Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
- 1953 - Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
- 1953 - Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
- 1954 - Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
- 1954 - Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956 - David Grant, Australian rugby league player
- 1956 - Big Bank Hank, American rapper
- 1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter
- 1956 - Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
- 1957 - Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach
- 1957 - Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
- 1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1958 - Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 - Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver
- 1959 - Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1961 - Jasper Fforde, English author
- 1961 - Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver
- 1961 - Karl von Habsburg, Austrian politician, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
- 1962 - Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1962 - Kim Coles, American actress and comedian
- 1962 - Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
- 1962 - Brian Moore, English rugby player
- 1963 - Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
- 1963 - Jason Connery, Italian-born British actor and director
- 1963 - Petra Schneider, German swimmer
- 1964 - Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
- 1964 - Ralph Recto, Filipino politician
- 1965 - Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
- 1965 - Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
- 1966 - Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
- 1967 - Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
- 1968 - Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
- 1968 - Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
- 1968 - Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player
- 1969 - Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
- 1970 - Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1970 - Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 - Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1970 - Ken Ueno, American composer
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1971 - Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player
- 1972 - Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1972 - Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
- 1972 - Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
- 1973 - Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973 - Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1974 - Roman Görtz, German footballer
- 1974 - Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1974 - Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1975 - Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1975 - Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
- 1975 - Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1976 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1977 - Shamari Buchanan, American football player
- 1977 - Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1977 - Shane Kelly, Australian rugby league player
- 1977 - Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
- 1978 - Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
- 1978 - Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978 - Michael Duff, Irish footballer
- 1978 - Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1979 - Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
- 1979 - Michael Lorenz, German footballer
- 1979 - Terence Morris, American basketball player
- 1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
- 1979 - Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1980 - Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1980 - Damien Wilkins, American basketball player
- 1982 - Tony Allen, American basketball player
- 1982 - Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player
- 1982 - Blake Heron, American actor
- 1982 - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1983 - André Myhrer, Swedish skier
- 1983 - Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
- 1983 - Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
- 1984 - Kevin Boss, American football player
- 1984 - Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
- 1984 - Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
- 1984 - Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
- 1984 - Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player
- 1985 - Dennis Dixon, American football player
- 1985 - Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1985 - Aja Naomi King, American actress
- 1987 - Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider
- 1987 - Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
- 1987 - Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Jamie Vardy, English footballer
- 1987 - Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model
- 1988 - Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
- 1989 - Demario Davis, American football player
- 1989 - Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 - Malik Jackson, American football player
- 1991 - Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
- 1992 - Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
- 1992 - Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
- 1993 - Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player
- 1993 - Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player
- 1993 - Michael Keane, English footballer
- 1993 - Will Keane, Irish footballer
- 1995 - Nick Solak, American baseball player
- 1996 - Leroy Sané, German footballer
- 1997 - Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1998 - Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1999 - Jeanette Hegg Duestad, Norwegian sport shooter
- 1999 - Lim Sung-jin, South Korean volleyball player
- 1999 - Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- 2000 - Lee Chae-yeon, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 2002 - Elly De La Cruz, Dominican baseball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 140 - Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome
- 705 - Pope John VI
- 782 - Emperor Kōnin of Japan
- 812 - Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
- 844 - Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor
- 887 - Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
- 937 - Cao, empress of Later Tang
- 937 - Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang
- 937 - Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang
- 937 - Liu, empress of Later Tang
- 1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor
- 1068 - Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
- 1083 - Otto of Nordheim
- 1266 - Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
- 1344 - Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- 1372 - Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman
- 1396 - Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica
- 1397 - Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- 1494 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter
- 1495 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal
- 1546 - Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1554 - Min Bin, king of Arakan
1601–1900
- 1641 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter
- 1696 - Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer
- 1703 - Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic
- 1713 - Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian
- 1735 - Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje
- 1753 - Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic
- 1757 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher
- 1762 - Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor
- 1763 - Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian
- 1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author
- 1788 - François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral
- 1791 - William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet
- 1798 - Heraclius II of Georgia
- 1801 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator
- 1824 - Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer
- 1836 - John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company
- 1843 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter
- 1866 - Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor
- 1866 - John Woolley, English minister and academic
- 1867 - Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales
- 1882 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist
- 1891 - Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner
1901–present
- 1902 - Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player
- 1904 - William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician
- 1914 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist
- 1920 - Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer
- 1923 - Constantine I of Greece
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet
- 1929 - Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor
- 1931 - James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author
- 1937 - Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician
- 1941 - Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player
- 1944 - Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1947 - Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer
- 1952 - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general
- 1952 - Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator
- 1953 - Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia
- 1953 - Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman
- 1954 - Oscar Straus, Austrian composer
- 1957 - Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia
- 1961 - Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress
- 1963 - Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic
- 1965 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter
- 1966 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India
- 1968 - Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar
- 1969 - Richmal Crompton, English author and educator
- 1972 - Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright
- 1975 - Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor
- 1980 - Barbara Pym, English author
- 1981 - Beulah Bondi, American actress
- 1985 - Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1985 - William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia
- 1986 - Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter
- 1986 - Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer
- 1987 - Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1988 - Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
- 1988 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1989 - Ray Moore, English radio host
- 1990 - Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator
- 1991 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1994 - Helmut Poppendick, German physician
- 1995 - Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator
- 1995 - Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet
- 1995 - Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain
- 1995 - Theodor Wisch, German general
- 1996 - Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1999 - Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1999 - Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet
- 1999 - Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter
- 2000 - Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil
- 2000 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager
- 2000 - Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator
- 2001 - Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre
- 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright
- 2003 - Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician
- 2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor, writer, and performance artist
- 2007 - Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress
- 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright
- 2008 - Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer
- 2008 - Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr.
- 2010 - Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian
- 2010 - Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic
- 2011 - David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer
- 2012 - Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic
- 2012 - Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer
- 2012 - Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- 2012 - Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player
- 2012 - Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
- 2012 - David Whitaker, English composer and conductor
- 2013 - Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team
- 2013 - Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam
- 2013 - Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
- 2013 - Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer
- 2013 - Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner
- 2013 - Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist
- 2014 - Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress
- 2014 - Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 2014 - Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician
- 2014 - Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel
- 2015 - Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach
- 2015 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress
- 2015 - Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer
- 2015 - Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic
- 2016 - Monte Irvin, American baseball player
- 2016 - David Margulies, American actor
- 2017 - Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia
- 2018 - Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer
- 2019 - Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician
- 2023 - Carole Cook, American actress and singer
- 2026 - Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
Holidays and observances