April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
- 1395 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Terek River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Volga. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the Golden Horde throne. Tokhtamysh escapes to Lithuania.
- 1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
- 1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
- 1642 – Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of the British Army.
- 1638 – Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels.
- 1715 – Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
- 1738 – Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
- 1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
- 1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.
- 1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
- 1817 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies without regaining consciousness after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.
- 1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.
- 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
- 1912 – The British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. 1,517 people are killed.
- 1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
- 1921 – Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.
- 1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
- 1924 – Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
- 1927 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins.
- 1935 – Roerich Pact signed in Washington, D.C.
- 1936 – First day of the Arab revolt in Palestine.
- 1940 – The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- 1941 – In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attack Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom killing one thousand people.
- 1942 – The George Cross is awarded to "to the island fortress of Malta – its people and defenders" by King George VI.
- 1943 – An Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, killing 936 civilians.
- 1945 – The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
- 1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
- 1952 – The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress
- 1955 – McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
- 1957 – White Rock, British Columbia officially separates from Surrey, British Columbia and is incorporated as a new city.
- 1960 – At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
- 1969 – The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
- 1970 – During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong River into South Vietnam.
- 1986 – The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
- 1989 – Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
- 1989 – Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.
- 1992 – The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- 1994 – Representatives of 124 countries and the European Communities sign the Marrakesh Agreements revising the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and initiating the World Trade Organization (effective January 1, 1995).
[edit] Births
- 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
- 1469 – Guru Nanak Dev, Indian religious leader, founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus (d. 1539)
- 1489 – Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)
- 1552 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
- 1588 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (d. 1653)
- 1641 – Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
- 1642 – Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)
- 1646 – Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
- 1646 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic (d. 1719)
- 1684 – Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
- 1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (d. 1758)
- 1707 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
- 1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790)
- 1721 – Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765)
- 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
- 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
- 1793 – Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer (d. 1864)
- 1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867)
- 1800 – James Clark Ross, English explorer (d. 1862)
- 1809 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician (d. 1877)
- 1828 – Jean Danjou, French Foreign Legion officer (d. 1863)
- 1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
- 1841 – Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian politician, philanthropist, and founder of the Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)
- 1843 – Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
- 1856 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet (d. 1910)
- 1858 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917)
- 1861 – Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (d. 1929)
- 1874 – George Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist (d. 1954)
- 1874 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
- 1875 – James J. Jeffries, American boxer (d. 1953)
- 1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956)
- 1879 – Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)
- 1883 – Stanley Bruce, Australian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
- 1885 – Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
- 1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921)
- 1888 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)
- 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (d. 1975)
- 1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
- 1892 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)
- 1892 – Theo Osterkamp, German fighter pilot (d. 1975)
- 1894 – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
- 1894 – Bessie Smith, American singer (d. 1937)
- 1895 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
- 1901 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
- 1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian artist (d. 1948)
- 1907 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ethologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
- 1908 – Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Miguel Najdorf, Argentine chess grandmaster (d. 1997)
- 1912 – Kim Il-sung, Korean politician, Eternal President of North Korea (d. 1994)
- 1916 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American heir and businessman (d. 1982)
- 1917 – Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1917 – James Kee, American politician (d. 1989)
- 1919 – Alberto Breccia, Uruguay-Argentine illustrator and writer (d. 1993)
- 1920 – René Pleven, French politician (d. 1993)
- 1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
- 1920 – Richard von Weizsäcker, German politician, President of Germany
- 1921 – Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1995)
- 1921 – Angelo DiGeorge, Italian-American pediatric endocrinologist (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor
- 1922 – Harold Washington, American politician (d. 1987)
- 1923 – Robert DePugh, American anti-Communist activist (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor
- 1927 – Robert Mills, American physicist (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)
- 1930 – Georges Descrières, French actor
- 1930 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic politician, President of Iceland
- 1931 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish writer, poet and translator, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
- 1933 – Roy Clark, American singer, musician, and television host
- 1933 – David Hamilton, British photographer, director and producer
- 1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Jim Towers, English footballer (d. 2010)
- 1935 – Stavros Paravas, Greek actor
- 1936 – Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
- 1937 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
- 1938 – Hso Khan Pha, Burmese politician
- 1939 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian actress
- 1939 – Marty Wilde, British singer and songwriter
- 1940 – Jeffrey Archer, British author
- 1940 – Willie Davis, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1940 – Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Robert Lacroix, French-Canadian professor
- 1940 – Robert Walker Jr., American actor
- 1941 – Howard Berman, American politician
- 1942 – Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop
- 1942 – Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
- 1944 – Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader, first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)
- 1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh musician and producer (Love Sculpture and Rockpile)
- 1946 – Pete Rouse, American political consultant
- 1946 – Michael Tucci, American actor
- 1947 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American television producer and writer
- 1947 – Mike Chapman, British songwriter and producer
- 1947 – Lois Chiles, American actress
- 1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician
- 1947 – Woolly Wolstenholme, British musician (Barclay James Harvest)
- 1948 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Tonio K, American singer-songwriter
- 1949 – Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer
- 1949 – Craig Zadan, American producer, director, and writer
- 1950 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1950 – Amy Wright, American actress
- 1951 – Heloise, American columnist
- 1952 – Bengt Gingsjö, Swedish swimmer
- 1952 – Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
- 1952 – Sam McMurray, American actor
- 1952 – Glenn Shadix, American actor
- 1952 – Brian Muir, British sculptor and designer
- 1953 – Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Greek politician
- 1954 – Seka, American porn actress
- 1955 – Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)
- 1956 – Michael Cooper, American basketball player
- 1957 – Evelyn Ashford, American athlete
- 1958 – Keith Acton, Canadian hockey player and coach
- 1958 – Dolores Gordon-Smith, British writer
- 1958 – Noni Ιoannidou, Greek model and actress
- 1958 – Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player
- 1958 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer
- 1959 – Fruit Chan, Hong Kong director
- 1959 – Kevin Lowe, Canadian hockey player and manager
- 1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress
- 1959 – Thomas F. Wilson, American actor
- 1960 – Pierre Aubry, Canadian hockey player
- 1960 – Susanne Bier, Danish director
- 1960 – Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist
- 1960 – Tony Jones, English snooker player
- 1960 – Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
- 1962 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi singer
- 1962 – Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
- 1962 – Tom Kane, American voice actor
- 1963 – Bobby Pepper, American journalist
- 1965 – Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (4 Non Blondes)
- 1966 – Samantha Fox, English model, singer, and actress
- 1967 – Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness)
- 1967 – Dara Torres, American swimmer
- 1968 – Ed O'Brien, British musician and songwriter (Radiohead)
- 1968 – Stacey Williams, American model
- 1969 – Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
- 1969 – Jimmy Waite, Canadian hockey player
- 1970 – Flex Alexander, American actor
- 1971 – Kate Harbour, English voice actress
- 1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter
- 1971 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
- 1972 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (d. 2009)
- 1972 – Lou Romano, American voice actor
- 1974 – Mike Quinn, American football player
- 1974 – Keith Malley, American comedian and podcaster
- 1974 – Danny Pino, American actor
- 1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor
- 1974 – Tim Thomas, American hockey player
- 1975 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
- 1975 – Phil Labonte, American singer and guitarist (All That Remains and Shadows Fall)
- 1976 – Jason Bonsignore, Canadian hockey player
- 1976 – Susan Ward, American actress
- 1977 – Brian Pothier, American hockey player
- 1978 – Austin Aries, American wrestler
- 1978 – Milton Bradley, American baseball player
- 1978 – Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
- 1978 – Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer and composer
- 1980 – Natalie Casey, British actress
- 1980 – James Foster, English cricketer
- 1980 – Michelle L'amour, American burlesque performer
- 1980 – Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 – Willie Mason, Australian rugby player
- 1980 – Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and writer
- 1980 – Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1980 – Fränk Schleck, Luxembourgish cyclist
- 1980 – Billy Yates, American football player
- 1981 – Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football player
- 1981 – Seth Wulsin, American artist
- 1982 – Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
- 1982 – Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter and musician (Circa Survive, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Saosin, High and Driving, and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
- 1982 – Albert Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer
- 1983 – Blu, American rapper and producer (All City Chess Club)
- 1983 – Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
- 1983 – Matt Cardle, British singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian hockey player
- 1983 – Bronson La'Cassie, Australian golfer
- 1983 – Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
- 1984 – Cam Janssen, American hockey player
- 1984 – Ben Kasica, American guitarist and producer (Skillet)
- 1984 – Daniel Paille, Canadian hockey player
- 1985 – Chris Cates, American baseball player
- 1985 – John Danks, American baseball player
- 1985 – Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
- 1985 – Amy Reid, American porn actress
- 1986 – Tom Heaton, English footballer
- 1986 – Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
- 1987 – Sapphire Elia, English actress
- 1988 – Thomas Albanese, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Yann David, French rugby player
- 1988 – Eliza Doolittle, English singer-songwriter
- 1988 – Emily Parr, English actress
- 1989 – Andre Kinney, American actor
- 1990 – Emma Watson, English actress
- 1991 – Daiki Arioka, Japanese actor and singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
- 1992 – Amy Diamond, Swedish singer and actress
- 1992 – Kimberly Dos Ramos, Venezuelan actress, model, and singer
- 1992 – Richard Sandrak, American bodybuilder, martial artist, and actor
- 1993 – Madeleine Martin, American actress
- 1997 – Maisie Williams, English actress
- 1998 – Sharlene San Pedro, Filipino actress
[edit] Deaths
- 1053 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
- 1220 – Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 1157)
- 1415 – Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian (b. 1355)
- 1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)
- 1610 – Robert Parsons, English priest (b. 1546)
- 1621 – John Carver, English merchant, first governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1576)
- 1632 – George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician and colonizer (b. 1580)
- 1641 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)
- 1652 – Patriarch Joseph, Russian religious leader
- 1659 – Simon Dach, German poet (b. 1605)
- 1704 – Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (b. 1628)
- 1719 – Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
- 1754 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
- 1761 – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)
- 1761 – William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (b. 1696)
- 1764 – Madame de Pompadour, French court, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
- 1764 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (b. 1679)
- 1765 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist and writer (b. 1711)
- 1788 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
- 1793 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian missionary and geographer (b. 1718)
- 1804 – Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
- 1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
- 1861 – Sylvester Jordan, German politician and lawyer (b. 1792)
- 1865 – Abraham Lincoln, American politician, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
- 1888 – Matthew Arnold, English poet (b. 1822)
- 1889 – Father Damien, Flemish missionary (b. 1840)
- 1898 – Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader
- 1912 – Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster
- Edward Smith, English navy officer and captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)
- Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872)
- William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873)
- Wallace Hartley,English violinist (b. 1878)
- James Paul Moody, English sixth officer (b. 1887)
- Jack Phillips, British wireless telegraphist (b. 1887)
- John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, and writer (b. 1864)
- Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873)
- William T. Stead English author and journalist (b. 1849)
- Isidor Straus co-owner of Macy's department store and former Congressman from New York (b. 1845) and his wife, Rosalie Ida Blun (b. 1849)
- Benjamin Guggenheim American businessman (b. 1865)
- 1917 – János Murkovics, Slovene writer and teacher (b. 1839)
- 1927 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (b. 1868)
- 1938 – César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (b. 1892)
- 1942 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (b. 1880)
- 1943 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (b. 1882)
- 1944 – Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Soviet general (b. 1901)
- 1945 – Hermann Florstedt, Germen Nazi leader (b. 1895)
- 1948 – Radola Gajda, Czech military commander and politician (b. 1892)
- 1949 – Wallace Beery, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1957 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 1962 – Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
- 1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and writer (b. 1911)
- 1963 – Edward Greeves, Australian footballer (b. 1903)
- 1967 – Totò, Italian comedian, actor, writer, singer, and songwriter (b. 1898)
- 1969 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1971 – Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912)
- 1971 – Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
- 1974 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
- 1975 – Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1980 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1980 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (b. 1915)
- 1983 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1892)
- 1983 – John Engstead, American photographer (b. 1909)
- 1984 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
- 1984 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (b. 1925)
- 1986 – Jean Genet, French author (b. 1910)
- 1988 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- 1988 – Youri Egorov, Soviet pianist (b. 1954)
- 1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
- 1989 – Charles Vanel, French actor (b. 1892)
- 1989 – Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
- 1990 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b. 1905)
- 1992 – Otis Barton, American diver (b. 1899)
- 1993 – Leslie Charteris, Singapore author (b. 1907)
- 1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (b. 1908)
- 1994 – John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter (b. 1903)
- 1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (b. 1925)
- 1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and race car designer (b. 1944)
- 2000 – Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)
- 2001 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Ramones and Sniper) (b. 1951)
- 2002 – Damon Knight, American author (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and United States Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Reg Bundy, British drag queen, actor, and dancer (b. 1941)
- 2003 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer and musician (b. 1950)
- 2004 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (b. 1934)
- 2005 – John Fred, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 2007 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
- 2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian director (b. 1945)
- 2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish theologian and bishop (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Ed Blake, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Clement Freud, British writer and broadcaster (b. 1924)
- 2009 – László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1907)
- 2010 – Jack Herer, American author and cannabis activist (b. 1939)
- 2011 – Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian activist (b. 1975)
- 2012 – Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)
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