What Happened in 2015 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.

Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.

A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.

The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.

A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.

A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.

Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.

The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.

A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) recaptures the city of Kobanî from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), marking a turning point in the Siege of Kobanî.

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.

A university student is murdered as she resists an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.

The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is launched on a Vega rocket.

Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.

Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.

A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.

A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.

At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.

Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.

At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.

Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, as well as producers and guests for the French TV show Dropped.

Serbian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Belgrade airport while transporting a 5-day-old baby with respiratory problems to hospital, killing all 7 on board.

The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. Twenty-four people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.

A solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day.

Syrian civil war: The Siege of Kobanî is broken by the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA), marking a turning point in the Rojava–Islamist conflict.

Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.

Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.

Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."

Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.

At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.

Peaceful protesters install the first anti-monument in Mexico, Antimonumento +43, as a call for justice and remembrance to commemorate the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping, later inspiring similar memorials elsewhere in the country and Latin America.

A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

A train derailment in Philadelphia, United States, kills eight people and injures more than 200.

Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3,500.

At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.

The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.

The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to legalise gay marriage.

At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.

An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.0 strikes Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia, killing 18 people, including hikers and mountain guides on Mount Kinabalu, after mass landslides that occurred during the earthquake. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Malaysia since 1975.

American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election.

Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Afghan National Assembly building is attacked by gunmen after a suicide bombing. All six of the gunmen are killed and 18 people are injured.

Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occur on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people are either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.

A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.

Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América final.

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.

NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.

Four U.S. Marines and a United States Navy Sailor are killed in the a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.

A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.

The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.

NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.

Seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.

The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.

A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.

At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.

At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.

The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.

More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.

Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibil, Bintang Mountains Regency, killing all 54 people on board.

A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.

Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.

A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.

Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Adventist Health System agreed to pay $118.7 million to settle allegations of fraud. It was the largest a hospital network has ever paid.

At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a crush during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.

Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.

The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.

Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.

Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.

A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.

Anton Lundin Pettersson attacks a school in Trollhättan, killing three people and injuring two others.

The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in Hurricane Patricia, which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.

A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.

China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.

A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.

Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.

A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.

An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.

Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.

Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.

Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people are killed in Bamako, Mali.

The government of Belgium imposes a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, and public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.

Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.

A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.

A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others.

An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia's capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead.

An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shoots at least four police officers. One officer later dies. Two civilians are also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.

San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.

A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.

Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.

The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.

The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.

Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.

A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.

A violent EF-4 tornado hits Garland, Texas, killing nine and injuring almost 500 others.

A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.

Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne

Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (born 1929)

Martin Anderson, American economist and academic (born 1936)

Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (born 1919)

Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1955)

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (born 1937)

Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (born 1912)

Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (born 1923)

Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (born 1936)

Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1930)

Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (born 1934)

Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942)

Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926)

Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (born 1921)

Michel Jeury, French author (born 1934)

Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1946)

Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (born 1928)

Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (born 1964)

Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (born 1994)

Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (born 1957)

Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)

Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (born 1937)

Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)

Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)

Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)

Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (born 1927)

Robert Gover, American journalist and author (born 1929)

Carl Long, American baseball player (born 1935)

Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (born 1939)

Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (born 1985)

Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (born 1971)

Robert White, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (born 1926)

Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (born 1928)

Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (born 1919)

Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (born 1939)

Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (born 1927)

Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (born 1927)

Yao Beina, Chinese singer (born 1981)

Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (born 1931)

Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (born 1931)

Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1924)

Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (born 1963)

Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (born 1926)

Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1924)

Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (born 1933)

Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (born 1933)

Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1953)

Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1927)

Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942)

Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939)

Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (born 1946)

Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (born 1974)

Fabrizio de Miranda, Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (born 1926)

Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (born 1924)

Margaret Bloy Graham, Canadian author and illustrator (born 1920)

Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (born 1931)

Prosper Ego, Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (born 1927)

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924)

Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)

John Leggett, American author and academic (born 1917)

Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936)

Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (born 1946)

Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (born 1932)

Tom Uren, Australian politician (born 1921)

Rocky Bridges, American baseball player and coach (born 1927)

David Landau, English-Israeli journalist (born 1947)

Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)

Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

Larry Winters, American wrestler and trainer (born 1956)

Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (born 1954)

Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)

Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (born 1924)

Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937)

Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933)

Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (born 1918)

Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (born 1923)

Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (born 1947)

Geraldine McEwan, English actress (born 1932)

Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (born 1923)

Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (born 1935)

Vic Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)

Udo Lattek, German footballer, coach and journalist (born 1935)

Lizabeth Scott, American actress (born 1922)

Richard von Weizsäcker, German captain and politician, 6th President of Germany (born 1920)

Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (born 1925)

Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1935)

Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1981)

Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1949)

Dave Bergman, American baseball player (born 1953)

Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1968)

Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)

Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (born 1922)

The Jacka, American rapper and producer (born 1977)

Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (born 1936)

Mary Healy, American actress and singer (born 1918)

Charlie Sifford, American golfer (born 1922)

Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1929)

Fitzhugh L. Fulton, American colonel and pilot (born 1925)

K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (born 1933)

Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (born 1931)

Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (born 1929)

André Brink, South African author and playwright (born 1935)

Alan Nunnelee, American lawyer and politician (born 1958)

Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist (born 1929)

Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931)

Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934)

Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)

John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922)

Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (born 1939)

Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965)

Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1916)

Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (born 1934)

Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (born 1928)

Deng Liqun, Chinese theorist and politician (born 1915)

Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)

Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)

Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (born 1916)

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (born 1931)

Gary Owens, American radio host and voice actor (born 1934)

Steve Strange, Welsh singer (born 1959)

Faith Bandler, Australian activist and author (born 1918)

Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (born 1923)

Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921)

Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928)

Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920)

Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan (born 1969)

Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (born 1926)

Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1979)

Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)

Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1957)

Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (born 1971)

John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (born 1935)

Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (born 1928)

Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (born 1923)

Elchanan Heilprin, Slovak-born English rabbi (born 1920 or 1922)

Harold Johnson, American boxer (born 1928)

Nirad Mohapatra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)

Harris Wittels, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1984)

Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (born 1933)

Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923)

John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist (born 1925)

Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1931)

Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943)

Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (born 1920)

Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)

James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (born 1918)

Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1942)

Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)

Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)

Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (born 1930)

Ariel Camacho, Mexican musician and singer-songwriter; (born 1992)

Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic; noted ichthyologist (born 1922)

Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (born 1916)

Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, educator, and academic (born 1917)

Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)

Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (born 1960)

Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)

Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931)

Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933)

Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (born 1923)

Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1922)

Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (born 1917)

Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1934)

Mal Peet, English author and illustrator (born 1947)

Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925)

M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934)

Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (born 1924)

Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (born 1932)

Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)

Edward Egan, American cardinal and former Archbishop of New York (born 1932)

Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)

Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)

Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)

G. Karthikeyan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

F. Ray Keyser, Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (born 1927)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1935)

Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920)

Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1952)

Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (born 1931)

Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1948)

Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (born 1924)

Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (born 1934)

Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (born 1924)

Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1948)

Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)

Collins Chabane, South African politician (born 1960)

Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor and educator (born 1928)

Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (born 1928)

Curtis Gans, American political scientist and author (born 1937)

Mike Porcaro, American bass player (born 1955)

Jack Haley, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1964)

Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (born 1922)

Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (born 1931)

Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1961)

Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian (born 1939)

Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (born 1930)

Gus Douglass, American farmer and politician (born 1927)

Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (born 1950)

Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)

Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (born 1929)

Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930)

Ishaya Bakut, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Benue State (born 1947)

Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (born 1925)

James C. Binnicker, American sergeant (born 1938)

Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1909)

Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (born 1925)

Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (born 1955)

Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933)

Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (born 1923)

Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)

Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1923)

Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (born 1923)

Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (born 1990)

Yehuda Avner, English-Israeli diplomat (born 1928)

notable deaths of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash:

George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (born 1922)

Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (born 1935)

Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (born 1924)

Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)

Johnny Helms, American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (born 1935)

T. Sailo, Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (born 1922)

Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (born 1925)

Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (born 1954)

Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (born 1934)

Gene Saks, American actor and director (born 1921)

William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (born 1926)

Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (born 1954)

Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1921)

Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (born 1931)

Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1983)

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (born 1937)

Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (born 1934)

Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (born 1933)

Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)

Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (born 1926)

Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (born 1954)

Sarah Brady, American activist and author (born 1942)

Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (born 1950)

Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1913)

Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian engineer and politician (born 1951)

Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)

Donald N. Levine, American sociologist and academic (born 1931)

Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (born 1931)

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (born 1949)

Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (born 1936)

Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1918)

Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)

Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (born 1919)

José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1981)

Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (born 1926)

Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (born 1983)

Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (born 1935)

Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (born 1934)

Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (born 1920)

Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (born 1987)

David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (born 1933)

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (born 1936)

Paul Almond, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931)

Margaret Rule, British marine archaeologist (born 1928)

Nina Companeez, French director and screenwriter (born 1937)

Alexander Dalgarno, English physicist and academic (born 1928)

Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (born 1939)

Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Chinese-American academic (born 1909)

Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1930)

Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (born 1942)

Peter Walsh, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (born 1935)

Jimmy Gunn, American football player (born 1948)

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1952)

François Maspero, French journalist and author (born 1932)

Hanut Singh, Indian general (born 1933)

Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1932)

Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (born 1924)

Patrice Dominguez, Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (born 1950)

Alfred Eick, German commander (born 1916)

André Mba Obame, Gabonese politician (born 1957)

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (born 1940)

Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (born 1939)

Klaus Bednarz, German journalist and author (born 1942)

Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1960)

Percy Sledge, American singer (born 1940)

Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal and theologian (born 1921)

Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)

Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1928)

Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)

Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969)

Robert P. Griffin, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1923)

Scotty Probasco, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)

Jeremiah J. Rodell, American general (born 1921)

A. Alfred Taubman, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1924)

Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (born 1919)

Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (born 1924)

Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937)

Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (born 1944)

Ray Jackson, Australian activist (born 1941)

Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (born 1950)

Jim Steffen, American football player (born 1936)

Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (born 1967)

Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)

Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)

Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (born 1948)

Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1922)

Mike Phillips, American basketball player (born 1956)

Jayne Meadows, American actress (born 1919)

Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)

Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931)

Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)

Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)

Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (born 1932)

Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (born 1918)

Michael J. Ingelido, American general (born 1916)

François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926)

Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923)

Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943)

Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922)

Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)

Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)

Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)

María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)

Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (born 1930)

Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (born 1915)

Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (born 1945)

Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (born 1927)

Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (born 1925)

Ruth Rendell, English author (born 1930)

Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (born 1926)

Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (born 1986)

Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (born 1915)

William Bast, American screenwriter and author (born 1931)

Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (born 1913)

Marv Hubbard, American football player (born 1946)

Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (born 1935)

Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (born 1942)

Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (born 1930)

Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (born 1927)

Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1922)

Frank DiPascali, American businessman (born 1956)

John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (born 1929)

Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (born 1943)

Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (born 1949)

Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (born 1921)

Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Bulgaria (born 1924)

Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (born 1920)

Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)

Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)

Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (born 1946)

Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (born 1923)

Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (born 1931)

Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (born 1927)

Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (born 1928)

David Sackett, American-Canadian physician and academic (born 1934)

Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (born 1937)

B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1925)

Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (born 1923)

Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1937)

Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (born 1953)

Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (born 1914)

Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (born 1945)

Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)

Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (born 1944)

Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (born 1973)

Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (born 1935)

Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)

Lionel Pickens, American rapper (born 1983)

Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947)

Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (born 1926)

Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (born 1946)

Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (born 1935)

Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (born 1926)

Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (born 1945)

Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1956)

Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (born 1940)

Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (born 1969)

Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (born 1948)

Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (born 1940)

Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (born 1955)

Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)

Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (born 1921)

Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (born 1929)

Aleksey Mozgovoy, Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist leader (born 1975)

Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (born 1933)

John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)

Dean Carroll, English rugby player (born 1962)

Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (born 1917)

Tanith Lee, English author (born 1947)

George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1949)

Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (born 1924)

Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1924)

Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (born 1927)

João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (born 1979)

Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)

Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)

Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)

Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)

Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (born 1948)

Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (born 1927)

Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)

Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (born 1942)

Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925)

Betsy Palmer, American actress (born 1926)

Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969)

Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957)

L. Tom Perry, American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1922)

Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (born 1917)

Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (born 1959)

Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938)

Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (born 1934)

Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930)

Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)

Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (born 1963)

Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)

Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)

Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)

Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)

Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)

Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1936)

Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (born 1938)

Richard Johnson, English actor (born 1927)

Roger Vergé, French chef and author (born 1930)

Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate–LaBianca murders case (born 1934)

Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926)

Christopher Lee, English actor (born 1922)

Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (born 1932)

Pumpkinhead, American rapper (born 1975)

Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1960)

Robert Chartoff, American film producer and philanthropist (born 1933)

Wolfgang Jeschke, German author and publisher (born 1936)

Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)

Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)

Ron Moody, English actor and singer (born 1924)

Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (born 1945)

Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (born 1946)

Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)

Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1933)

Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1940)

Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (born 1940)

Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (born 1926)

Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (born 1924)

Charles Correa, Indian architect and urban planner (born 1930)

Jean Vautrin, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1933)

Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (born 1937)

John David Crow, American football player and coach (born 1935)

Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (born 1924)

Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920)

Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (born 1973)

Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1941)

Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (born 1920)

Danny Villanueva, American football player and broadcaster, co-founded Univision (born 1937)

Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (born 1937)

James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1925)

Angelo Niculescu, Romanian footballer and manager (born 1921)

Miriam Schapiro, Canadian-American painter and sculptor (born 1923)

Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1964)

Veijo Meri, Finnish author and poet (born 1928)

Remo Remotti, Italian actor, playwright, and poet (born 1924)

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, German soldier and politician (born 1932)

Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (born 1925)

James Horner, American composer and conductor (born 1953)

Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (born 1924)

Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (born 1934)

Dick Van Patten, American actor (born 1928)

Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1986)

Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (born 1917)

Marva Collins, American author and educator (born 1936)

Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (born 1915)

Patrick Macnee, English actor (born 1922)

Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)

Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1929)

Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (born 1952)

Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (born 1926)

Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (born 1930)

Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948)

Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (born 1922)

Jope Seniloli, Fijian politician, Vice-President of Fiji (born 1939)

Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)

Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950)

Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (born 1931)

Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)

Charles W. Bagnal, American general (born 1934)

Robert Dewar, English-American computer scientist and academic (born 1945)

Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (born 1956)

Leonard Starr, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

Val Doonican, Irish singer and television host (born 1927)

Czesław Olech, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1931)

Nicholas Winton, English lieutenant and humanitarian (born 1909)

Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (born 1920)

Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)

Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (born 1945)

Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (born 1928)

Diana Douglas, British-American actress (born 1923)

Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (born 1924)

Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (born 1926)

Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (born 1960)

Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928)

William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (born 1926)

Uffe Haagerup, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1949)

Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)

Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)

Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (born 1925)

Bob MacKinnon, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)

Christian Audigier, French fashion designer (born 1958)

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)

Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1944)

Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (born 1932)

Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (born 1926)

Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (born 1928)

Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959)

André Leysen, Belgian businessman (born 1927)

D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (born 1941)

Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (born 1956)

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (born 1950)

Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (born 1935)

Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (born 1979)

Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (born 1927)

Masahiko Aoki, Japanese-American economist and academic (born 1938)

Wan Li, Chinese politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1916)

Aubrey Morris, British actor (born 1926)

Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (born 1933)

Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (born 1919)

Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (born 1933)

Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1926)

Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (born 1919)

Jules Bianchi, French racing driver (born 1989)

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (born 1916)

Alex Rocco, American actor (born 1936)

Buddy Buie, American songwriter, producer and publisher (born 1941)

Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (born 1915)

Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948)

Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930)

Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947)

Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943)

Fred Else, English footballer and manager (born 1933)

Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (born 1944)

Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1940)

E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1931)

Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (born 1947)

Czesław Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (born 1918)

Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (born 1949)

Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (born 1937)

Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (born 1931)

William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (born 1926)

Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (born 1916)

Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic (born 1952)

Jacques Andreani, French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (born 1929)

R. S. Gavai, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Kerala (born 1929)

Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (born 1946)

Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Mines (born 1934)

Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926)

Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (born 1922)

Ann Rule, American police officer and author (born 1931)

Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (born 1959)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)

Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (born 1929)

Anthony Shaw, English general (born 1930)

Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (born 1950)

Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1954)

Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (born 1949)

Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (born 1920)

Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (born 1918)

Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (born 1939)

Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1930)

Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)

Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988)

Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930)

Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921)

Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (born 1931)

Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (born 1940)

Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (born 1910)

Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)

Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (born 1954)

Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (born 1926)

Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)

Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)

Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)

Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)

Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)

Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (born 1921)

Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1922)

Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (born 1936)

Jack Spring, American baseball player (born 1933)

Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)

Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)

Coleen Gray, American actress (born 1922)

Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)

Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (born 1926)

Jef Murray, American artist and author (born 1960)

Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)

Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1919)

John Rudometkin, American basketball player (born 1940)

Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (born 1936)

Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (born 1912)

Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (born 1943)

Ray Hill, American football player (born 1975)

Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (born 1924)

Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (born 1929)

Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)

Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (born 1923)

Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)

Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)

Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (born 1930)

John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (born 1929)

Walter Nahún López, Honduran footballer (born 1977)

David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (born 1935)

Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (born 1915)

Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (born 1926)

Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941)

Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1935)

Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1922)

Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (born 1952)

Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (born 1923)

Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (born 1941)

Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (born 1920)

Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (born 1929)

Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (born 1921)

John Scott, English organist and conductor (born 1956)

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (born 1952)

Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1920)

Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (born 1928)

Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (born 1932)

Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (born 1940)

Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936)

Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1947)

Anna Kashfi, British actress (born 1934)

Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (born 1943)

Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (born 1947)

Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (born 1937)

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (born 1933)

László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (born 1927)

Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist and author (born 1932)

Roger Smalley, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1943)

Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Indian president Pranab Mukherjee (born 1940)

Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)

Bud Yorkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (born 1935)

Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (born 1922)

Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (born 1941)

Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938)

Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (born 1916)

Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (born 1924)

Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)

Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)

Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)

Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (born 1921)

Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (born 1930)

Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (born 1971)

Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)

Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (born 1934)

Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (born 1932)

Justin Wilson, English racing driver (born 1978)

José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)

Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)

Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)

Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)

P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)

Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)

Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)

Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1939)

Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (born 1961)

Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1957)

Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)

Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (born 1920)

Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (born 1937)

Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1939)

Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (born 1929)

M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (born 1938)

Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (born 1920)

Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (born 1933)

Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (born 1926)

Tom Scott, American football player (born 1930)

Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (born 1926)

Dean Jones, American actor and singer (born 1931)

Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (born 1923)

Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (born 1917)

Ephraim Engleman, American rheumatologist, author, and academic (born 1911)

Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (born 1929)

Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (born 1939)

Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1971)

Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (born 1914)

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (born 1939)

Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1952)

Jean Darling, American actress (born 1922)

Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (born 1927)

Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)

Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)

Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)

Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)

Martin Milner, American actor (born 1931)

Guillermo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1927)

Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress (born 1924)

Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (born 1952)

Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (born 1963)

Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (born 1922)

Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)

K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (born 1934)

Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (born 1918)

Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (born 1928)

Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (born 1927)

Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (born 1940)

Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (born 1961)

Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (born 1924)

Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (born 1931)

Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1955)

Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)

Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)

Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)

Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)

Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (born 1921)

Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (born 1926)

Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (born 1941)

Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)

Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)

Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)

Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)

Ingrīda Andriņa, Latvian actress (born 1944)

Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (born 1925)

Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (born 1937)

David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (born 1919)

Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955)

James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940)

Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930)

Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937)

Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)

Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921)

Mario Caiano, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)

Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian businessman (born 1940)

Jack Larson, American actor (born 1928)

Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian director and producer (born 1926)

Ray Warleigh, Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (born 1938)

Richard Williamson, American footballer and coach (born 1941)

Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)

Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930)

Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (born 1914)

Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925)

Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)

John Galvin, American general (born 1929)

Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944)

Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939)

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (born 1928)

Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924)

Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927)

Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (born 1945)

Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (born 1915)

Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (born 1937)

Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (born 1930)

Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (born 1921)

Walter Dale Miller, American rancher and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (born 1925)

Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (born 1939)

Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1932)

Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (born 1934)

Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1931)

Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (born 1941)

Claude Dauphin, French businessman (born 1951)

Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (born 1947)

Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (born 1950)

Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1915)

Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (born 1985)

Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founder of American Jewish University (born 1919)

Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (born 1929)

Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (born 1914)

Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1923)

Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1917)

Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (born 1943)

Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (born 1925)

Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938)

Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (born 1934)

Neal Walk, American basketball player (born 1948)

Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950)

Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927)

Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915)

Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (born 1948)

Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (born 1922)

Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (born 1926)

Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)

Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927)

Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (born 1951)

Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)

Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Ray Duncan, American businessman (born 1930)

Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1931)

Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1926)

Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (born 1944)

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)

Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)

Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)

Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)

Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)

Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)

Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (born 1953)

Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (born 1925)

Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)

Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (born 1941)

Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (born 1927)

Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (born 1947)

Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (born 1933)

Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (born 1918)

Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (born 1930)

Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (born 1925)

James W. Fowler, American psychologist and academic (born 1940)

William James, Australian general and physician (born 1930)

Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (born 1927)

Memduh Ün, Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (born 1920)

Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926)

Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946)

Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947)

Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (born 1924)

Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (born 1945)

Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (born 1932)

Frank Watkins, American bass player (born 1968)

Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (born 1930)

Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)

Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)

Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)

Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (born 1950)

Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (born 1923)

Kazimierz Łaski, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (born 1921)

Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (born 1939)

Ian Steel, Scottish cyclist and manager (born 1928)

France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (born 1923)

Marty Ingels, American actor (born 1936)

Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (born 1923)

Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (born 1922)

Willem Aantjes, Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)

Çetin Altan, Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)

Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (born 1926)

Arnold Klein, American dermatologist and author (born 1945)

Joshua Wheeler, American sergeant (born 1975)

Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (born 1922)

Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (born 1924)

Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1940)

Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (born 1938)

Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)

Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)

Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)

Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)

Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)

David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956)

Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944)

Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)

Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955)

Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (born 1926)

Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (born 1937)

Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (born 1937)

Ayerdhal, French author (born 1959)

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (born 1930)

Betsy Drake, French-American actress and singer (born 1923)

Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (born 1933)

Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (born 1942)

Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (born 1931)

Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (born 1929)

Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (born 1944)

Al Molinaro, American actor (born 1919)

Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974)

Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (born 1925)

Thomas R. Fitzgerald, American lawyer and judge (born 1941)

Houston McTear, American sprinter (born 1957)

Charles Duncan Michener, American entomologist and academic (born 1918)

Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (born 1929)

Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician (born 1942)

Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924)

Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (born 1936)

Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (born 1933)

Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (born 1944)

Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)

René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)

Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)

Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)

George Barris, American engineer and car designer (born 1925)

Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (born 1923)

Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)

Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (born 1930)

Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)

Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)

Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (born 1970)

Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (born 1921)

Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930)

Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)

Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)

Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)

Carol Doda, American actress and dancer (born 1937)

Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1930)

Tommy Hanson, American baseball player (born 1986)

Byron Krieger, American fencer (born 1920)

Andy White, Scottish drummer (born 1930)

Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (born 1922)

Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (born 1952)

André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (born 1937)

Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (born 1918)

Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1938)

Rita Gross, American theologian and author (born 1943)

Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (born 1975)

Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (born 1983)

Jihadi John, terrorist (born 1988)

Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (born 1934)

K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920)

Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930)

Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929)

David Canary, American actor (born 1938)

Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (born 1945)

Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)

Alton D. Slay, American general (born 1924)

John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (born 1928)

Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1926)

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (born 1987)

Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (born 1952)

Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)

Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946)

Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)

Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (born 1953)

Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (born 1924)

Keith Michell, Australian actor (born 1926)

Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (born 1933)

Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (born 1953)

Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)

Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (born 1939)

Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (born 1938)

Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (born 1935)

Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (born 1932)

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1949)

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)

Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, President of South Korea (born 1927)

Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (born 1925)

Manmeet Bhullar, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1980)

Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)

Robert Ford, English general (born 1923)

John Forrester, English historian and philosopher (born 1949)

Quincy Monk, American football player (born 1979)

Heinz Oberhummer, Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941)

Douglas W. Shorenstein, American businessman (born 1955)

O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (born 1974)

Jeremy Black, English admiral (born 1932)

Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (born 1941)

Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (born 1919)

Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (born 1913)

Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950)

Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)

Mark Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (born 1963)

Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (born 1929)

Garrett Swasey, American figure skater and coach (born 1971)

Philippe Washer, Belgian tennis player and golfer (born 1924)

Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (born 1941)

Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (born 1948)

Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (born 1938)

Marjorie Lord, American actress (born 1918)

Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (born 1930)

Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (born 1930)

Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (born 1926)

Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (born 1926)

O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (born 1939)

Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1928)

Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (born 1948)

Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (born 1918)

Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (born 1940)

Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1922)

Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1927)

Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (born 1924)

Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)

Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (born 1925)

Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930)

Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)

Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (born 1945)

Will McMillan, American actor, director, and producer (born 1944)

George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1921)

Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (born 1934)

Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)

Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (born 1932)

Robert Loggia, American actor and director (born 1930)

Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1940)

Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (born 1936)

Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1929)

Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (born 1915)

Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945)

Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (born 1917)

Nicholas Smith, British actor (born 1934)

Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (born 1924)

Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (born 1934)

Peter Westbury, English race car driver (born 1938)

Shirley Stelfox, English actress (born 1941)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (born 1925)

Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (born 1936)

Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (born 1943)

John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (born 1946)

Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (born 1913)

Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (born 1927)

Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (born 1941)

Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1934)

Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (born 1936)

Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (born 1948)

Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (born 1940)

Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989)

Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928)

Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (born 1939)

H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (born 1933)

Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (born 1972)

John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (born 1962)

Ken Woolley, Australian architect (born 1933)

Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (born 1942)

Evelyn S. Lieberman, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1944)

Terry Backer, American soldier and politician (born 1954)

Glen Sonmor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)

Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1963)

Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (born 1927)

Harry Zvi Tabor, English-Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1917)

Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (born 1927)

Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (born 1950)

George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (born 1926)

Hal Brown, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)

Osamu Hayaishi, American-Japanese biochemist and academic (born 1920)

Michael Wyschogrod, German-American philosopher and theologian (born 1928)

Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1959)

Helge Solum Larsen, Norwegian businessman and politician (born 1969)

Jimmy Hill, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1928)

Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (born 1928)

Karin Söder, Swedish educator and politician, 33rd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1950)

Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (born 1927)

Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)

Don Howe, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)

Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923)

Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (born 1962)

Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (born 1941)

Adriana Olguín, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of Justice (born 1911)

George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)

Dorothy M. Murdock, American author and historian (born 1961)

Sidney Mintz, American anthropologist and academic (born 1922)

Jim O'Toole, American baseball player (born 1937)

Stein Eriksen, Norwegian-American skier (born 1927)

Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1958)

Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)

Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player and minister (born 1932)

Alfredo Pacheco, Salvadoran footballer (born 1982)

Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1947)

John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (born 1953)

Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (born 1949)

Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)

Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)

Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)

Doug Atkins, American football player (born 1930)

Howard Davis, Jr., American boxer and trainer (born 1956)

Mangesh Padgaonkar, Indian poet, playwright, and translator (born 1929)

Howard Pawley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Manitoba (born 1934)

Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1950)

Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (born 1933)