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October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 75 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973)[27]
  • 1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973)
  • 1903 – Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)
  • 1903 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940)[28]
  • 1905 – Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996)
  • 1906 – Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987)
  • 1906 – Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993)
  • 1907 – John Marley, American actor (died 1984)
  • 1908 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)
  • 1908 – Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)
  • 1908 – Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)
  • 1908 – Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)
  • 1909 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)
  • 1909 – Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)
  • 1909 – Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)
  • 1910 – Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995)[29]
  • 1910 – Ester Wier, American author (died 2000)
  • 1912 – Pope John Paul I (died 1978)[30]
  • 1912 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)
  • 1912 – Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982)
  • 1913 – Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971)
  • 1913 – Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006)
  • 1913 – Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003)
  • 1914 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)
  • 1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)[30]
  • 1916 – José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)
  • 1917 – Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013)
  • 1917 – Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)
  • 1917 – Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022)
  • 1917 – Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989)[31]
  • 1917 – Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
  • 1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)
  • 1917 – Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)
  • 1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)[30]
  • 1918 – Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993)
  • 1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014)
  • 1919 – Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)
  • 1919 – Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)
  • 1919 – Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)
  • 1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)
  • 1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)
  • 1920 – Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)
  • 1921 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)
  • 1921 – Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001)[32]
  • 1921 – George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)
  • 1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)
  • 1922 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001)
  • 1922 – Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)
  • 1923 – Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)
  • 1923 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)
  • 1924 – Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010)[30]
  • 1924 – Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012)
  • 1924 – Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)
  • 1924 – Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019)
  • 1925 – Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010)
  • 1926 – Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019)[33]
  • 1926 – Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)
  • 1926 – Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011)
  • 1928 – Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)
  • 1928 – Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)
  • 1929 – Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016)
  • 1930 – Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003)
  • 1930 – Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003)[30]
  • 1931 – José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)
  • 1932 – Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)
  • 1931 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)
  • 1931 – Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)
  • 1933 – William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024)[30]
  • 1933 – The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)
  • 1934 – Alan Garner, English author and playwright
  • 1934 – Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005)
  • 1934 – Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015)
  • 1935 – Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)
  • 1935 – Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
  • 1935 – Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)
  • 1936 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013)
  • 1936 – Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
  • 1936 – Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993)
  • 1936 – Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018)
  • 1937 – José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
  • 1937 – Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
  • 1937 – Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011)
  • 1937 – Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023)
  • 1938 – António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
  • 1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007)[30]
  • 1938 – Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019)
  • 1939 – Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015)
  • 1940 – Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
  • 1940 – Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)
  • 1940 – Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018)
  • 1941 – Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
  • 1941 – Paul Ellison, American musician
  • 1941 – Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022)[30]
  • 1942 – Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)
  • 1942 – Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist[34]
  • 1943 – Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)
  • 1944 – Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010)
  • 1946 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)
  • 1946 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)
  • 1946 – Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
  • 1946 – Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
  • 1946 – Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
  • 1946 – Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
  • 1946 – Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)
  • 1946 – Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
  • 1946 – Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018)
  • 1946 – José Perramón, Spanish handball player
  • 1946 – Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
  • 1946 – Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter[30]
  • 1946 – Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
  • 1947 – Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
  • 1947 – Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
  • 1947 – Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director[34]
  • 1947 – Robert Post, American educator and academic
  • 1948 – Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
  • 1948 – Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007)
  • 1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018)[30]
  • 1948 – George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025)[35]
  • 1949 – Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020)
  • 1949 – Bill Hudson, American musician and actor[34]
  • 1950 – Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
  • 1950 – Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)
  • 1950 – Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)
  • 1951 – Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer
  • 1951 – Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
  • 1951 – Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
  • 1951 – Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 1953 – Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader
  • 1953 – Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
  • 1954 – Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
  • 1955 – Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
  • 1955 – Mike Bratz, American basketball player
  • 1956 – Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1956 – Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut[30]
  • 1956 – Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
  • 1956 – Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive[36]
  • 1956 – Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
  • 1957 – Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
  • 1957 – Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)
  • 1957 – Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
  • 1957 – Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
  • 1957 – Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
  • 1957 – Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
  • 1958 – Howard Alden, American guitarist
  • 1958 – Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter[34]
  • 1958 – Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)
  • 1958 – Craig Murray, British diplomat
  • 1959 – Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
  • 1959 – Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
  • 1959 – Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016)
  • 1959 – Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1959 – Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
  • 1959 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)[30]
  • 1959 – Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
  • 1959 – Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
  • 1960 – Guy Henry, English actor
  • 1960 – Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
  • 1960 – Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)
  • 1960 – Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
  • 1961 – David Means, American short story writer
  • 1962 – Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
  • 1962 – Jay Humphries, American basketball player
  • 1962 – Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor[34]
  • 1963 – Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
  • 1963 – Toby Young, English journalist and academic
  • 1964 – Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
  • 1964 – Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
  • 1965 – Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 1965 – Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
  • 1966 – Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
  • 1966 – Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
  • 1966 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist[34]
  • 1966 – Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
  • 1967 – René Dif, Danish musician[34]
  • 1967 – Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
  • 1967 – Simon Segars, English businessman
  • 1967 – Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
  • 1968 – Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
  • 1968 – Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
  • 1968 – Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor[34]
  • 1968 – David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster[30]
  • 1969 – Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker[37]
  • 1969 – Wood Harris, American actor[34]
  • 1969 – Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor[34]
  • 1969 – Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1970 – Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
  • 1970 – John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1970 – J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
  • 1971 – Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer[34]
  • 1971 – Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1971 – Martin Heinrich, American politician
  • 1971 – Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)
  • 1971 – Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1972 – Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor[34]
  • 1972 – Sharon Leal, American actress[34]
  • 1972 – Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
  • 1972 – Tarkan, German-Turkish singer
  • 1973 – Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
  • 1973 – Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
  • 1974 – Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
  • 1974 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
  • 1974 – Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
  • 1974 – Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
  • 1974 – Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
  • 1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player
  • 1974 – Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
  • 1974 – Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
  • 1974 – Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
  • 1975 – Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
  • 1975 – Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
  • 1976 – Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1976 – Seth Etherton, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
  • 1976 – Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
  • 1977 – Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer[38]
  • 1977 – Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
  • 1977 – Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1977 – Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1977 – Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
  • 1977 – Ryan McGinley, American photographer
  • 1977 – André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
  • 1978 – Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
  • 1978 – Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
  • 1978 – Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
  • 1978 – Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
  • 1979 – Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 1979 – Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022)
  • 1979 – Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
  • 1979 – Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
  • 1980 – Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
  • 1980 – Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1980 – Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1980 – Angel Parker, American actress
  • 1980 – Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
  • 1980 – Justin Shenkarow, American actor
  • 1981 – Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
  • 1981 – Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1981 – Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist[30]
  • 1981 – Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
  • 1981 – Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist
  • 1982 – Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer
  • 1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
  • 1982 – Marion Rolland, French skier
  • 1983 – Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress
  • 1983 – Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
  • 1983 – Felicity Jones, English actress[34]
  • 1983 – Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
  • 1983 – Riki Miura, Japanese actor
  • 1983 – Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
  • 1983 – Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
  • 1983 – Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
  • 1984 – Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player[39]
  • 1984 – Chris Lowell, American actor[34]
  • 1984 – Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
  • 1984 – Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
  • 1984 – Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
  • 1984 – Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
  • 1984 – Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
  • 1984 – Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
  • 1985 – Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1985 – Max Irons, English-Irish actor[30]
  • 1985 – Collins John, Dutch footballer
  • 1985 – Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
  • 1986 – Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer
  • 1986 – Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
  • 1986 – Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
  • 1986 – Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
  • 1986 – Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
  • 1986 – Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
  • 1987 – Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
  • 1987 – Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
  • 1987 – Elliot Grandin, French footballer
  • 1987 – Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
  • 1988 – Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
  • 1988 – Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
  • 1988 – Marina Salas, Spanish actress
  • 1989 – Débora García, Spanish footballer
  • 1989 – Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
  • 1989 – Sophie Luck, Australian actress
  • 1989 – Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist[40]
  • 1989 – David Timor, Spanish footballer
  • 1990 – Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
  • 1990 – Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
  • 1990 – Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
  • 1990 – Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
  • 1990 – Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
  • 1991 – Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
  • 1992 – Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer[30]
  • 1992 – Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
  • 1992 – Anthony Gill, American basketball player[41]
  • 1992 – Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
  • 1993 – Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
  • 1993 – Vincent Poirier, French basketball player[42]
  • 1995 – Jamal Adams, American football player[43]
  • 1995 – Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player[44]
  • 1996 – Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player[45]
  • 1997 – Robert Williams III, American basketball player[46]
  • 2001 – Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
  • 2002 – Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player[47]

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1910 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819)
  • 1918 – Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (born 1886)
  • 1920 – Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881)[50]
  • 1928 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (born 1853)
  • 1931 – Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (born 1884)
  • 1937 – J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (born 1862)
  • 1938 – Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
  • 1948 – Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (born 1869)
  • 1955 – Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (born 1873)
  • 1956 – Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (born 1920)
  • 1957 – Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (born 1884)[51]
  • 1958 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born 1896)
  • 1958 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1876)
  • 1962 – Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882)[52]
  • 1963 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865)
  • 1965 – Bart King, American cricketer (born 1873)
  • 1966 – Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)
  • 1966 – Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)
  • 1967 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906)
  • 1970 – Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1921)
  • 1970 – Vola Vale, American actress (born 1897)
  • 1970 – Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (born 1890)
  • 1972 – Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)
  • 1972 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (born 1887)
  • 1973 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (born 1926)
  • 1978 – George Clark, American race car driver (born 1890)
  • 1978 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (born 1887)
  • 1979 – S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (born 1904)
  • 1979 – John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (born 1898)
  • 1979 – Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (born 1909)
  • 1981 – Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (born 1927)
  • 1981 – Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (born 1895)
  • 1981 – Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (born 1887)
  • 1983 – Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905)
  • 1987 – Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1925)
  • 1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919)
  • 1992 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (born 1912)
  • 1992 – Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)
  • 1993 – Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
  • 1996 – Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (born 1966)
  • 1997 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (born 1933)
  • 1998 – Joan Hickson, English actress (born 1906)
  • 1998 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920)
  • 1999 – Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915)
  • 2000 – Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (born 1924)
  • 2000 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1964)
  • 2001 – Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
  • 2001 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922)
  • 2001 – Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926)
  • 2002 – Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (born 1935)
  • 2004 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952)
  • 2006 – Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (born 1924)
  • 2006 – Christopher Glenn, American journalist (born 1938)
  • 2007 – Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918)
  • 2007 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)
  • 2007 – Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939)
  • 2008 – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (born 1955)
  • 2008 – Levi Stubbs, American singer (born 1936)
  • 2008 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1923)
  • 2009 – Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (born 1931)
  • 2009 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (born 1916)
  • 2011 – Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919)
  • 2012 – Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951)
  • 2012 – Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912)
  • 2012 – Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930)
  • 2012 – Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922)
  • 2012 – Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
  • 2013 – Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (born 1926)
  • 2013 – Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (born 1944)
  • 2013 – Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (born 1926)
  • 2013 – Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (born 1928)
  • 2013 – Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (born 1966)
  • 2014 – Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937)
  • 2014 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943)
  • 2014 – Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945)
  • 2014 – Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919)
  • 2015 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926)
  • 2015 – Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946)
  • 2015 – Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
  • 2015 – Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947)
  • 2017 – Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)[53]
  • 2019 – Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951)[54]
  • 2024 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931)[55]
  • 2024 – Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (born 1947)[56]
  • 2024 – Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (born 1926)[57]

Holidays and observances

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