January 6
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1641 - Arauco War: The first Parliament of Quillín is celebrated, putting a temporary hold on hostilities between Mapuches and Spanish in Chile.
- 1661 - English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
- 1721 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
- 1724 - Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.
- 1725 - J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany.
- 1781 - In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
- 1809 - Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1838 - Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes.
- 1839 - The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- 1900 - Second [Boer War]: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by United [Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British] defenders.
1901–present
- 1912 - New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
- 1912 - German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
- 1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.
- 1929 - Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
- 1941 - United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
- 1946 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
- 1947 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
- 1951 - Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
- 1960 - National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
- 1960 - The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- 1968 - Aeroflot Flight 1668 crashes near Olyokminsk, killing 45.
- 1969 - Allegheny Airlines Flight 737 crashes in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 11.
- 1974 - In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- 1974 - Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.
- 1989 - Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
- 1992 - President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup d'état|coup].
- 1993 - Indian Border Security Force units 1993 [Sopore massacre|kill 55 Kashmiri civilians] in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
- 1993 - Four people are killed when Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 crashes on approach to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, France.
- 1994 - U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the 1994 [United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Figure Skating Championships].
- 1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- 2005 - Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
- 2005 - A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
- 2012 - Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber January [2012 al-Midan bombing|blows himself up] at a police station in Damascus.
- 2017 - Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
- 2019 - Muhammad V of Kelantan resigns as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, becoming the first monarch to do so.
- 2021 - Supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump storm the United States Capitol Building to Attempts to overturn the [2020 United States presidential election|disrupt] 2021 [United States Electoral College vote count|certification] of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in four deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.
- 2025 - Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1256 - Gertrude the Great, German mystic
- 1367 - Richard II of England
- 1384 - Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent
- 1412 - Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint
- 1486 - Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist
- 1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet
- 1493 - Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman
- 1500 - John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint
- 1525 - Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar
- 1538 - Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria
- 1561 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist
- 1587 - Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
- 1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier
1601–1900
- 1617 - Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician
- 1632 - Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress
- 1655 - Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
- 1673 - James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire
- 1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer
- 1702 - José de Nebra, Spanish composer
- 1714 - Percivall Pott, English surgeon
- 1745 - Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon
- 1766 - José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay
- 1785 - Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist
- 1793 - James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War
- 1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic
- 1799 - Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author
- 1803 - Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer
- 1807 - Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist
- 1808 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist
- 1811 - Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician
- 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman
- 1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor
- 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer and conductor
- 1842 - Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic
- 1856 - Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1857 - Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1857 - William Russell, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
- 1859 - Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic
- 1860 - Morton Selten, British actor
- 1861 - Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde
- 1861 - George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian
- 1870 - Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany
- 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer
- 1874 - Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer
- 1878 - Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina
- 1878 - Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian
- 1880 - Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor
- 1881 - Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic
- 1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania
- 1882 - Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1883 - Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher
- 1891 - Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer
- 1898 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot
- 1899 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer
- 1900 - Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia
1901–present
- 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor
- 1910 - Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer
- 1910 - Wright Morris, American author and photographer
- 1912 - Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic
- 1912 - Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer, and humanitarian
- 1913 - Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician
- 1913 - Loretta Young, American actress
- 1914 - Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic
- 1915 - Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
- 1915 - John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher
- 1915 - Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author
- 1916 - Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic
- 1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat
- 1920 - Henry Corden, Canadian-born American actor
- 1920 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist
- 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader; founder of the Unification Church
- 1920 - Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1921 - Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic
- 1921 - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1923 - Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner
- 1923 - Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author
- 1924 - Kim Dae-jung, South Korean soldier and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 - Earl Scruggs, American banjo player
- 1925 - John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company
- 1926 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
- 1926 - Pat Flaherty, American race car driver
- 1926 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder
- 1927 - Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1928 - Capucine, French actress and model
- 1930 - Vic Tayback, American actor
- 1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer
- 1932 - Simon Oates, English actor
- 1932 - Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
- 1933 - John Clive, English actor and author
- 1933 - Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut
- 1934 - Harry M. Miller, New Zealand-Australian talent agent and publicist
- 1934 - Sylvia Syms, English actress
- 1935 - Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
- 1935 - Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor
- 1936 - Darlene Hard, American tennis player
- 1936 - Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
- 1937 - Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower
- 1937 - Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1937 - Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter
- 1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1938 - Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
- 1938 - Rajnikumar Pandya, Indian writer, journalist
- 1938 - Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress
- 1939 - Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1939 - Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster
- 1940 - Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1943 - Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
- 1944 - Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer
- 1944 - Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
- 1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 - Barry John, Welsh rugby player
- 1945 - Jayanthi (actress), Indian film actress
- 1946 - Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 - Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
- 1948 - Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1949 - Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic
- 1949 - Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic
- 1950 - Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1951 - Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach
- 1951 - Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
- 1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954 - Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter
- 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955 - Debbie Mathers, Mother of Eminem
- 1956 - Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer
- 1956 - Justin Welby, English archbishop
- 1956 - Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
- 1957 - Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
- 1957 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1958 - Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
- 1959 - Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
- 1960 - Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1960 - Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 - Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
- 1960 - Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator
- 1961 - Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer
- 1961 - Nigel Melville, English rugby player
- 1961 - Peter Whittle, British politician, author, journalist, and broadcaster
- 1963 - Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
- 1963 - Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner
- 1964 - Charles Haley, American football player
- 1964 - Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician
- 1964 - Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager
- 1965 - Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
- 1966 - Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
- 1966 - Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager
- 1967 - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist
- 1968 - John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 - Norman Reedus, American actor and model
- 1969 - Aron Eisenberg, American actor and podcaster
- 1970 - Leonardo Astrada, Argentine footballer and manager
- 1970 - Julie Chen Moonves, American television personality, presenter, and producer
- 1970 - Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
- 1970 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
- 1971 - Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 - Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
- 1974 - Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1974 - Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 - Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1975 - James Farrior, American football player
- 1976 - Johan Davidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1976 - Danny Pintauro, American actor
- 1976 - Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1978 - Casey Fossum, American baseball player
- 1978 - Bubba Franks, American football player
- 1981 - Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
- 1981 - Asante Samuel, American football player
- 1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
- 1982 - Roy Asotasi, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982 - Tiffany Pollard, American television personality
- 1982 - Israel Damonte, Argentine footballer and manager
- 1982 - Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
- 1983 - Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
- 1983 - Chen Nan, Chinese basketball player
- 1984 - A. J. Hawk, American football player and analyst
- 1984 - Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
- 1984 - Eric Trump, American businessman
- 1986 - Paul McShane, Irish footballer
- 1986 - Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
- 1986 - Irina Shayk, Russian fashion model
- 1986 - Alex Turner, English singer, songwriter, and musician
- 1987 - Arin Hanson, American YouTuber
- 1987 - Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
- 1987 - Ndamukong Suh, American football player
- 1989 - Andy Carroll, English footballer
- 1989 - Sergio León, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Derrick Morgan, American football player
- 1990 - Cristian Erbes, Argentine footballer
- 1990 - Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player
- 1990 - Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 - Duarte Alves, Portuguese politician
- 1991 - Will Barton, American basketball player
- 1991 - Kevin Gausman, American baseball player
- 1992 - Corey Conners, Canadian professional golfer
- 1993 - Pat Connaughton, American basketball player
- 1993 - Jesús Manuel Corona, Mexican footballer
- 1993 - Jérôme Roussillon, French-Guadeloupean footballer
- 1994 - Catriona Gray, Filipino-Australian model, singer and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018
- 1994 - Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer
- 1994 - Jameis Winston, American football player
- 1994 - Jay B, South Korean singer
- 1996 – Courtney Eaton, Australian model and actress
- 1997 - Michel Aebischer, Swiss footballer
- 1999 - Polo G, American rapper
- 1999 - Mac McClung, American basketball player
- 2000 - Fiete Arp, German footballer
- 2000 - Mohamed Camara, Malian footballer
- 2000 - Kwon Eun-bin, South Korean singer and actress
- 2000 - Jack McBain, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000 - Shuhua, Taiwanese singer
- 2000 - Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber
- 2003 - MattyBRaps, American rapper, singer, and YouTuber
- 2006 - Stefanos Tzimas, Greek footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 786 - Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint
- 1088 - Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian
- 1148 - Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke
- 1233 - Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Anglo-Norman noblewoman
- 1275 - Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint
- 1350 - Giovanni I di Murta, second doge of the Republic of Genoa
- 1358 - Gertrude van der Oosten, Beguine mystic
- 1406 - Roger Walden, English bishop
- 1448 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 1477 - Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme
- 1478 - Uzun Hasan, 9th Shahanshah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty
- 1481 - Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler
- 1537 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
- 1537 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
1601–1900
- 1616 - Philip Henslowe, English impresario
- 1646 - Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall
- 1689 - Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer
- 1693 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan
- 1711 - Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral
- 1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist
- 1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright
- 1731 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist
- 1734 - John Dennis, English playwright and critic
- 1813 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general
- 1829 - Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian
- 1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1840 - Frances Burney, English author and playwright
- 1852 - Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille
- 1855 - Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author
- 1882 - Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician
- 1884 - Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist
- 1885 - Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright
1901–present
- 1902 - Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter
- 1917 - Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian
- 1918 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher
- 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States
- 1921 - Devil Anse Hatfield, American Confederate guerrilla and leader of the Hatfield clan during the Hatfield-McCoy feud
- 1922 - Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player
- 1928 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper
- 1928 - Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist and professor
- 1933 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist
- 1934 - Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager
- 1937 - André Bessette, Canadian saint
- 1939 - Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia
- 1941 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach
- 1942 - Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress
- 1942 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee
- 1944 - Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect
- 1944 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator
- 1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist
- 1949 - Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer
- 1966 - Jean Lurçat, French painter
- 1972 - Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
- 1974 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter
- 1978 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer
- 1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author
- 1984 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer
- 1990 - Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor
- 1990 - Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1991 - Alan Wiggins, American baseball player
- 1992 - Steve Gilpin, New Zealand vocalist and songwriter
- 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
- 1993 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer
- 1995 - Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician
- 1999 - Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist
- 2004 - Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica
- 2005 - Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health
- 2005 - Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- 2005 - Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer
- 2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter
- 2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic
- 2008 - Shmuel Berenbaum, Rabbi of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)
- 2009 - Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
- 2011 - Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
- 2012 - Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host
- 2012 - Spike Pola, Australian footballer and soldier
- 2013 - Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- 2014 - Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer
- 2014 - Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 2014 - Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic
- 2015 - Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter
- 2015 - Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic
- 2016 - Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter
- 2016 - Florence King, American journalist and author
- 2016 - Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect
- 2016 - Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946
- 2017 - Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela
- 2017 - Om Puri, Indian actor
- 2019 - José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader
- 2019 - Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor
- 2019 - W. Morgan Sheppard, British actor
- 2019 - Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor
- 2020 - Richard Maponya, South African businessman
- 2021 - Ashli Babbitt, American participant in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- 2021 - Gordon Renwick, Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman
- 2021 - James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped during the 1970 October crisis in Québec
- 2022 - Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2022 - Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat
- 2022 - Francisco Sionil Jose, Philippine novelist
- 2023 - Mary Lou Kownacki, American Roman Catholic nun, peace activist, and writer
Holidays and observances