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Day of the year
August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 150 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1903 –
Macedonian rebels in
Kruševo proclaim the
Kruševo Republic , which exists for only ten days before
Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
1907 – Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines
Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1914 –
World War I : Germany declares war against France, while
Romania declares its neutrality .
1921 –
Major League Baseball Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight
Chicago Black Sox , the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1936 –
Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating
Ralph Metcalfe , at the
Berlin Olympics .
1936 – A fire wipes out
Kursha-2 in the
Meshchera Lowlands ,
Ryazan Oblast ,
Russia , killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1940 –
World War II :
Italian forces begin the
invasion of British Somaliland .
1946 –
Santa Claus Land , the world's first themed
amusement park , opens in
Santa Claus, Indiana , United States.
1948 –
Whittaker Chambers accuses
Alger Hiss of being a
communist and a
spy for the
Soviet Union .
1949 – The
Basketball Association of America and the
National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the
National Basketball Association .
1958 – The world's first nuclear submarine, the
USS Nautilus , becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical
North Pole .
1959 – Portugal's state police force
PIDE
fires upon striking workers in
Bissau ,
Portuguese Guinea , killing over 50 people.
1960 –
Niger gains independence from France.
1972 – The
United States Senate ratifies the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty .
1975 – A privately chartered
Boeing 707
strikes a mountain peak and crashes near
Agadir ,
Morocco , killing 188.
1977 –
Tandy Corporation announces the
TRS-80 , one of the world's first mass-produced
personal computers .
1981 –
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of
Mamadou Dia , launch the
Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi .
1997 –
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in
Algeria : A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
1997 – The
tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere,
Sky Tower in downtown
Auckland, New Zealand , opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
[2]
2004 – The pedestal of the
Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the
September 11 attacks .
2005 –
President of Mauritania
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
is overthrown in a
military coup while attending the funeral of
King Fahd in
Saudi Arabia .
[3]
2007 – Former deputy director of the
Chilean secret police
Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for
kidnapping .
2010 –
Widespread rioting erupts in
Karachi ,
Pakistan , after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion
Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
2014 – A 6.1 magnitude
earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in
Yunnan , China.
2014 – The
genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
[4]
2018 – Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
[5]
2019 – Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader
Lyubov Sobol , are arrested in an election protest in
Moscow , Russia.
[6]
2019 – Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in
a mass shooting in
El Paso, Texas .
[7]
[8]
[9]
2023 – Worst
floods hit major parts of
Slovenia .
[10]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1622 –
Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein , German field marshal (d. 1698)
1692 –
John Henley , English minister and poet (d. 1759)
1724 –
Alvise Foscari , Venetian admiral (d. 1790)
[12]
1766 –
Aaron Chorin , Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
1770 –
Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1803 –
Joseph Paxton , English gardener and architect, designed
The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
1808 –
Hamilton Fish , American lawyer and politician, 26th
United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
1811 –
Elisha Otis , American businessman, founded the
Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
1817 –
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
1823 –
Thomas Francis Meagher , Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)
1832 –
Ivan Zajc , Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)
1840 –
John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey , English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
1850 –
Reginald Heber Roe , English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
1856 –
Alfred Deakin , Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 –
William Kennedy Dickson , French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
1863 –
Géza Gárdonyi , Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
1867 –
Stanley Baldwin , English businessman and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1871 –
Vernon Louis Parrington , American historian and scholar (d. 1929)
1872 –
Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1886 –
Maithili Sharan Gupt , Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
1887 –
Rupert Brooke , English poet (d. 1915)
1887 –
August Wesley , Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?)
[13]
1890 –
Konstantin Melnikov , Russian architect, designed the
Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
1894 –
Harry Heilmann , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)
1895 –
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley , English politician (d. 1942)
1896 –
Ralph Horween , American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1899 –
Louis Chiron , Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 –
Ernie Pyle , American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
1900 –
John T. Scopes , American educator (d. 1970)
1901–present
1901 –
John C. Stennis , American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1901 –
Stefan Wyszyński , Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
1902 –
Regina Jonas , German rabbi (d. 1944)
1902 –
David Buttolph , American film composer (d. 1983)
1903 –
Habib Bourguiba , Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st
President of the Republic of Tunisia (d. 2000)
1904 –
Dolores del Río , Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1904 –
Clifford D. Simak , American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1905 –
Franz König , Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1907 –
Lawrence Brown , American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
1907 –
Ernesto Geisel , Brazilian general and politician, 29th
President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1907 –
Yang Shangkun , Chinese politician, and 4th
President of China (d. 1998)
1909 –
Walter Van Tilburg Clark , American author and educator (d. 1971)
1911 –
Alex McCrindle , Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)
1912 –
Fritz Hellwig , German politician (d. 2017)
1913 –
Mel Tolkin , Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1916 –
Shakeel Badayuni , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
1916 –
José Manuel Moreno , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1917 –
Les Elgart , American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 –
James MacGregor Burns , American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1918 –
Sidney Gottlieb , American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
1918 –
Larry Haines , American actor (d. 2008)
1918 –
Eddie Jefferson , American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1920 –
Norman Dewis , English test driver and engineer (d. 2019)
1920 –
Max Fatchen , Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1920 –
P. D. James , English author (d. 2014)
1920 –
Charlie Shavers , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)
1920 –
Elmar Tampõld , Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
1921 –
Richard Adler , American composer and producer (d. 2012)
1921 –
Hayden Carruth , American poet and critic (d. 2008)
[14]
1921 –
Marilyn Maxwell , American actress (d. 1972)
1922 –
John Eisenhower , American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th
United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)
1923 –
Jean Hagen , American actress (d. 1977)
[15]
1923 –
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
1924 –
Connie Converse , American musician and singer-songwriter
1924 –
Leon Uris , American soldier and author (d. 2003)
1925 –
Marv Levy , American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1925 –
Lewis Rowland , American neurologist (d. 2017)
1926 –
Rona Anderson , Scottish actress (d. 2013)
[16]
1926 –
Tony Bennett , American singer and actor (d. 2023)
[17]
1926 –
Anthony Sampson , English journalist and author (d. 2004)
1926 –
Gordon Scott , American actor (d. 2007)
1926 –
Rushdy Abaza , Egyptian actor (d. 1980)
[18]
1928 –
Cécile Aubry , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1928 –
Henning Moritzen , Danish actor (d. 2012)
1930 –
James Komack , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1933 –
Pat Crawford , Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
1934 –
Haystacks Calhoun , American wrestler and actor (d. 1989)
1934 –
Michael Chapman , English
bassoon player (d. 2005)
1934 –
Jonas Savimbi , Angolan general, founded
UNITA (d. 2002)
1935 –
John Erman , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
1935 –
Georgy Shonin , Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 1997)
[19]
1935 –
Vic Vogel , Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2019)
1936 –
Jerry G. Bishop , American radio and television host (d. 2013)
1936 –
Edward Petherbridge , English actor
1937 –
Steven Berkoff , English actor, director, and playwright
1937 –
Roland Burris , American lawyer and politician, 39th
Illinois Attorney General
1937 –
Duncan Sharpe , Pakistani-Australian cricketer
1938 –
Terry Wogan , Irish radio and television host (d. 2016)
[20]
1939 –
Jimmie Nicol , English drummer
1939 –
Apoorva Sengupta , Indian general and cricketer (d. 2013)
1940 –
Lance Alworth , American football player
1940 –
Martin Sheen , American actor and producer
1940 –
James Tyler , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
1941 –
Beverly Lee , American singer
1941 –
Martha Stewart , American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
[21]
1943 –
Béla Bollobás , Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
1943 –
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
1943 –
Steven Millhauser , American novelist and short story writer
1944 –
Morris Berman , American historian and social critic
[22]
1944 –
Nino Bravo , Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 –
Eamon Dunphy , Irish footballer and journalist
1946 –
Robert Ayling , English businessman
1946 –
Jack Straw , English lawyer and politician,
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946 –
Syreeta Wright , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1946 –
John York , American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1947 –
Ralph Wright , English footballer (d. 2020)
1948 –
Jean-Pierre Raffarin , French lawyer and politician, 166th
Prime Minister of France
1949 –
Philip Casnoff , American actor and director
1949 –
B. B. Dickerson , American bass player and songwriter
1949 –
Sue Slipman , English politician
1950 –
Linda Howard , American author
1950 –
John Landis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 –
Jo Marie Payton , American actress and singer
1950 –
Ernesto Samper , Colombian economist and politician, 29th
President of Colombia
1951 –
Marcel Dionne , Canadian ice hockey player
1951 –
Jay North , American actor
1952 –
Osvaldo Ardiles , Argentinian footballer and manager
1953 –
Ian Bairnson , Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (d. 2023)
1953 –
Marlene Dumas , South African painter
1954 –
Michael Arthur , English physician and academic
1954 –
Gary Peters , English footballer and manager
1956 –
Kirk Brandon , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 –
Todd Christensen , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1956 –
Dave Cloud , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1956 –
Balwinder Sandhu , Indian cricketer and coach
1957 –
Bodo Rudwaleit , German footballer and manager
1957 –
Kate Wilkinson , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th
New Zealand Minister of Conservation
1958 –
Lindsey Hilsum , English journalist and author
1958 –
Ana Kokkinos , Australian director and screenwriter
1959 –
Martin Atkins , English drummer and producer
1959 –
Mike Gminski , American basketball player and sportscaster
1959 –
John C. McGinley , American actor and producer
1959 –
Koichi Tanaka , Japanese chemist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate
1960 –
Tim Mayotte , American tennis player and coach
1960 –
Gopal Sharma , Indian cricketer
1961 –
Molly Hagan , American actress
1961 –
Nick Harvey , English politician,
Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1961 –
Lee Rocker , American bassist
1963 –
Tasmin Archer , English pop singer
[23]
1963 –
Frano Botica , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1963 –
James Hetfield , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 –
David Knox , Australian rugby player
1963 –
Ed Roland , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 –
Lisa Ann Walter , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963 –
Isaiah Washington , American actor and producer
[24]
1964 –
Lucky Dube , South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)
1964 –
Ralph Knibbs , British rugby union player
[25]
1964 –
Nate McMillan , American basketball player and coach
1964 –
Kevin Sumlin , American football player and coach
1964 –
Abhisit Vejjajiva , English-Thai economist and politician, 27th
Prime Minister of Thailand
1966 –
Brent Butt , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 –
Gizz Butt , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 –
Eric Esch , American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1967 –
Mathieu Kassovitz , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 –
Creme Puff ,
tabby
domestic cat ,
oldest recorded cat (d. 2005)
[26]
1967 –
Skin , English singer and guitarist
1968 –
Rod Beck , American baseball player (d. 2007)
1969 –
Doug Overton , American basketball player and coach
1970 –
Stephen Carpenter , American guitarist and songwriter
1970 –
Gina G , Australian singer-songwriter
1970 –
Masahiro Sakurai , Japanese video game designer
1971 –
Forbes Johnston , Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1971 –
DJ Spinderella , American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
1972 –
Sandis Ozoliņš , Latvian ice hockey player and politician
1973 –
Jay Cutler , American bodybuilder
1973 –
Nikos Dabizas , Greek footballer
1973 –
Michael Ealy , American actor
[24]
1973 –
Chris Murphy , American politician
1975 –
Wael Gomaa , Egyptian footballer
1975 –
Argyro Strataki , Greek heptathlete
1976 –
Troy Glaus , American baseball player
1977 –
Tom Brady , American football player
1977 –
Justin Lehr , American baseball player
1977 –
Óscar Pereiro , Spanish cyclist and footballer
1978 –
Joi Chua , Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
1978 –
Mariusz Jop , Polish footballer
1978 –
Jenny Tinmouth , English motorcycle racer
1978 –
Dimitrios Zografakis , Greek footballer
1979 –
Evangeline Lilly , Canadian actress
[27]
1980 –
Nadia Ali , Libyan-American singer-songwriter
1980 –
Dominic Moore , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 –
Tony Pashos , American football player
1980 –
Brandan Schieppati , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 –
Hannah Simone , Canadian television host and actress
1981 –
Fikirte Addis , Ethiopian fashion designer
1981 –
Travis Bowyer , American baseball player
1981 –
Pablo Ibáñez , Spanish footballer
1982 –
Kaspar Kokk , Estonian skier
1982 –
Jesse Lumsden , Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982 –
Damien Sandow , American wrestler
1983 –
Ryan Carter , American ice hockey player
1983 –
Mark Reynolds , American baseball player
1984 –
Yasin Avcı , Turkish footballer
1984 –
Sunil Chhetri , Indian footballer
1984 –
Matt Joyce , American baseball player
1984 –
Ryan Lochte , American swimmer
1984 –
Chris Maurer , American singer and bass player
1985 –
Georgina Haig , Australian actress
[28]
1985 –
Brent Kutzle , American bass player and producer
1985 –
Ats Purje , Estonian footballer
1985 –
Sonny Bill Williams , New Zealand rugby player and boxer
1986 –
Charlotte Casiraghi , Monégasque journalist, co-founded
Ever Manifesto
1986 –
Darya Domracheva , Belarusian biathlete
1987 –
Kim Hyung-jun , South Korean singer and dancer
1987 –
Chris McQueen , Australian-English rugby league player
1988 –
Denny Cardin , Italian footballer
1988 –
Leigh Tiffin , American football player
1988 –
Sven Ulreich , German footballer
1989 –
Jules Bianchi , French race car driver (d. 2015)
1989 –
Sam Hutchinson , English footballer
1989 –
Tyrod Taylor , American football player
1989 –
Nick Viergever , Dutch footballer
1990 –
Jourdan Dunn , English model
1990 –
Kang Min-kyung , South Korean singer
1992 –
Gamze Bulut , Turkish runner
1992 –
Gesa Felicitas Krause , German runner
1992 –
Diāna Marcinkēviča , Latvian tennis player
1992 –
Aljon Mariano , Filipino basketball player
1992 –
Lum Rexhepi , Finnish footballer
1992 –
Karlie Kloss , American fashion model
[29]
1993 –
Ola Abidogun , English sprinter
1993 –
Yurina Kumai , Japanese singer
1994 –
Kwon Alexander , American football player
[30]
1994 –
Manaia Cherrington , New Zealand rugby league player
1994 –
Esther Earl , American author, vlogger, and online personality. (d. 2010)
[31] Celebrated annually as
Esther day
[32]
1994 –
Todd Gurley , American football player
1995 –
Zac Gallen , American baseball player
[33]
1995 –
Victoria Kan , Russian tennis player
[34]
1996 –
Derwin James , American football player
[35]
1997 –
Luis Robert Jr. , Cuban baseball player
[36]
Deaths
Pre-1600
908 –
Burchard , duke of Thuringia
908 –
Egino , duke of Thuringia
908 –
Rudolf I , bishop of Würzburg
925 –
Cao , Chinese empress dowager
979 –
Thietmar , margrave of Meissen
1003 –
At-Ta'i , Abbasid caliph (b. 929)
1355 –
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh , English nobleman
1460 –
James II , king of Scotland (b. 1430)
1527 –
Scaramuccia Trivulzio , Italian cardinal
1530 –
Francesco Ferruccio , Italian captain (b. 1489)
1546 –
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger , Italian architect, designed the
Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)
1546 –
Étienne Dolet , French scholar and translator (b. 1509)
1601–1900
1604 –
Bernardino de Mendoza , Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540)
1621 –
Guillaume du Vair , French lawyer and author (b. 1556)
1712 –
Joshua Barnes , English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
1720 –
Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch politician (b. 1641)
1721 –
Grinling Gibbons , Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
1761 –
Johann Matthias Gesner , German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
1773 –
Stanisław Konarski , Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1780 –
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac , French epistemologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
1792 –
Richard Arkwright , English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)
1797 –
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst , English field marshal and politician,
Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)
1805 –
Christopher Anstey , English author and poet (b. 1724)
1835 –
Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
1839 –
Dorothea von Schlegel , German author and translator (b. 1763)
1857 –
Eugène Sue , French author and politician (b. 1804)
[37]
1866 –
Gábor Klauzál , Hungarian politician,
Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
1867 –
Philipp August Böckh , German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
1877 –
William B. Ogden , American businessman and politician, 1st
Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1879 –
Joseph Severn , English painter (b. 1793)
1894 –
George Inness , American painter (b. 1825)
1901–present
1913 –
William Lyne , Australian politician, 13th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
1916 –
Roger Casement , Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
1917 –
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius , German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
1920 –
Peeter Süda , Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
1922 –
Ture Malmgren , Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
1924 –
Joseph Conrad , Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
1925 –
William Bruce , Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
1929 –
Emile Berliner , German-American inventor and businessman, invented the
phonograph (b. 1851)
1929 –
Thorstein Veblen , American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
1936 –
Konstantin Konik , Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th
Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
1942 –
Richard Willstätter , German-Swiss chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1943 –
Frumka Płotnicka , Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
[38]
1949 –
Ignotus , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
1954 –
Colette , French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
1958 –
Peter Collins , English race car driver (b. 1931)
1959 –
Herb Byrne , Australian footballer (b. 1887)
1961 –
Hilda Rix Nicholas , Australian artist (b. 1884)
1964 –
Flannery O'Connor , American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
1966 –
Lenny Bruce , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
1968 –
Konstantin Rokossovsky ,
Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)
1969 –
Alexander Mair , Australian politician, 26th
Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
1972 –
Giannis Papaioannou , Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
1973 –
Richard Marshall , American general (b. 1895)
1974 –
Edgar Johan Kuusik , Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
1975 –
Andreas Embirikos , Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
1977 –
Makarios III , Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st
President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
1977 –
Alfred Lunt , American actor and director (b. 1892)
1979 –
Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist and politician,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1979 –
Angelos Terzakis , Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
1983 –
Carolyn Jones , American actress (b. 1930)
1992 –
Wang Hongwen , Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the
Gang of Four (b. 1935)
[39]
1995 –
Ida Lupino , English-American actress and director (b. 1918)
1995 –
Edward Whittemore , American soldier and author (b. 1933)
1996 –
Jørgen Garde , Danish admiral (b. 1939)
1997 –
Pietro Rizzuto , Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
1998 –
Alfred Schnittke , Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)
1999 –
Rod Ansell , Australian hunter (b. 1953)
1999 –
Byron Farwell , American historian and author (b. 1921)
2000 –
Joann Lõssov , Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
2001 –
Christopher Hewett , English actor and director (b. 1922)
2003 –
Roger Voudouris , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
2004 –
Henri Cartier-Bresson , French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
2005 –
Françoise d'Eaubonne , French author and poet (b. 1920)
2006 –
Arthur Lee , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
2006 –
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)
2007 –
John Gardner , English author (b. 1926)
2007 –
Peter Thorup , Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)
2008 –
Skip Caray , American sportscaster (b. 1939)
2008 –
Erik Darling , American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2008 –
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , Russian novelist, dramatist and historian,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2009 –
Nikolaos Makarezos , Greek soldier and politician,
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
2010 –
Bobby Hebb , American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2011 –
William Sleator , American author (b. 1945)
2011 –
Bubba Smith , American football player and actor (b. 1945)
2012 –
Frank Evans , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
2012 –
Martin Fleischmann , Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 –
Paul McCracken , American economist and academic (b. 1915)
2012 –
John Pritchard , American basketball player (b. 1927)
2013 –
John Coombs , English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (b. 1922)
2013 –
Jack English Hightower , American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2013 –
Jack Hynes , Scottish-American soccer player and manager (b. 1920)
2014 –
Miangul Aurangzeb , Pakistani captain and politician, 19th
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)
2014 –
Edward Clancy , Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
2014 –
Dorothy Salisbury Davis , American author (b. 1916)
2014 –
Kenny Drew, Jr. , American pianist and composer (b. 1958)
2014 –
Lydia Yu-Jose , Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)
2015 –
Robert Conquest , English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)
2015 –
Mel Farr , American football player and businessman (b. 1944)
2015 –
Coleen Gray , American actress (b. 1922)
[40]
2015 –
Margot Loyola , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
[41]
2015 –
Johanna Quandt , German businesswoman (b. 1926)
[42]
2015 –
Jef Murray , American artist and author (b. 1960)
2020 –
John Hume , Northern Irish politician (b. 1937)
[43]
2022 –
Jackie Walorski , American politician (b. 1963)
[44]
2023 –
Mark Margolis , American actor (b. 1939)
[45]
2023 –
Bram Moolenaar , Dutch software engineer (b. 1961)
[46]
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