What Happened in 2017 — Events, Births & Deaths

An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills 39 people and injures 79 others.

Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.

Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec's first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal.

Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is announced to be suspended.

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, including in Portland, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

A naming ceremony for the chemical element tennessine takes place in the United States.

A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.

North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.

Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.

A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.

A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.

Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.

Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption.

Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.

Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.

U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others.

U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.

The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.

The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund is attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.

The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus perform their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.

Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.

Montenegro becomes the 29th member of NATO.

Six Arab countries—Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates—cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region.

Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

A Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crashes into the Andaman Sea near Dawei, Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.

The Grenfell Tower fire, a catastrophic fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, London, UK, leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.

Republican U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, and three others, are shot and wounded while practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game.

A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others.

A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others.

A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour.

Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by the government of Iraq.

O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.

Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.

A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.

The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to three deaths and injuring nearly 50 more.

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.

Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.

A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.

The National Space Agency of Taiwan successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space.

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.

Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.

China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory.

North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

The 8.2 Mw 2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.

The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.

Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.

An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.

Sixty people are killed and 867 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.

Joint Nigerien-American Special Forces are ambushed by Islamic State militants outside the village of Tongo Tongo.

The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.

An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at the Zobe junction in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing 587 people, injuring 316 others, and leaving more than 500 missing.

Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.

War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.

Catalonia declares independence from Spain.

A truck drives into a crowd in Lower Manhattan, New York City, killing eight people.

Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Shamshad TV is attacked by gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.

A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home.

A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.

Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.

A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda, North Sinai, Egypt kills 311 people and injures 128.

The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 1,140 square kilometers (440 sq mi) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison kills two students at his former high school.

The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

ISIL is defeated in Iraq.

New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4 billion.

A 6.5Mwearthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.

Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.

Tony Atkinson, British economist (born 1944)

Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (born 1926)

Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (born 1933)

John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (born 1926)

H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician (born 1958)

Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (born 1918)

Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (born 1924)

Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (born 1965)

Octavio Lepage, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (born 1923)

Om Puri, Indian actor (born 1950)

Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (born 1924)

Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)

James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934)

Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925)

Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)

Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (born 1911)

Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)

William Peter Blatty, American writer and filmmaker (born 1928)

Graham Taylor, English football player and manager (born 1944)

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930)

Dick Gautier, American actor (born 1931)

Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (born 1942)

Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)

Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (born 1943)

Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)

Tirrel Burton, American football player and coach (born 1929)

Colo, American western lowland gorilla, first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (born 1956)

Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (born 1930)

Miguel Ferrer, American actor (born 1955)

Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (born 1925)

Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (born 1991)

Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991)

Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947)

Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945)

Robert Garcia, American politician (born 1933)

John Hurt, English actor (born 1940)

Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (born 1930)

Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (born 1934)

Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936)

Mike Connors, American actor (born 1925)

Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (born 1932)

Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)

Barbara Hale, American actress (born 1922)

Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)

Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (born 1927)

Arthur H. Rosenfeld, American physicist (born 1926)

Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (born 1940)

Geoff Nicholls, British musician (born 1948)

Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker (born 1979)

Desmond Carrington, British actor and broadcaster (born 1926)

Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931)

Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (born 1949)

Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (born 1928)

Irwin Corey, American comedian and actor (born 1914)

Inge Keller, German actress (born 1923)

Alec McCowen, English actor (born 1925)

Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby union footballer (born 1971)

Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)

Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)

Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)

Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (born 1933)

Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (born 1998)

Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (born 1929)

André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)

Mike Ilitch, American businessman (born 1929)

Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)

Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)

Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)

Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)

Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)

Ricardo Arias Calderón, Panamanian politician (born 1933)

Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (born 1926)

Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (born 1923)

Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (born 1971)

E-Dubble, American rapper (born 1982)

Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (born 1948)

Robert H. Michel, American politician (born 1923)

Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (born 1933)

Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (born 1943)

Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (born 1952)

Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (born 1930)

Steve Hewlett, British journalist (born 1958)

Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (born 1926)

Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)

Joseph Wapner, American judge and TV personality (born 1919)

René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)

Clayton Yeutter, American politician (born 1930)

Kurt Moll, German opera singer (born 1938)

Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)

Lynne Stewart, American attorney and activist (born 1939)

Howard Hodgkin, British painter (born 1932)

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (born 1965)

Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (born 1925)

Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926)

David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (born 1915)

Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (born 1929)

Colin Dexter, English author (born 1930)

Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1950)

Mike Hall, British cyclist (born 1981)

Miroslava Breach, Mexican investigative journalist (born 1962)

Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)

Alexei Abrikosov, Russian physicist, 2003 Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1928)

Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (born 1951)

James Rosenquist, American artist (born 1933)

Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933)

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932)

Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (born 1937)

Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (born 1931)

Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (born 1943)

Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)

Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)

Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)

Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (born 1956)

Tim Parnell, British race car driver (born 1932)

Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (born 1947)

Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)

Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)

Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (born 1926)

Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1941)

John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (born 1948)

J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946)

Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945)

Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (born 1959)

Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932)

Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)

Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)

Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (born 1929)

Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (born 1972)

Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (born 1963)

Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)

Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)

Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)

Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)

Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)

R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939)

Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)

Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (born 1942)

Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (born 1953)

Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)

Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (born 1923)

Powers Boothe, American actor (born 1948)

Herbert R. Axelrod American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (born 1927)

Todor Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (born 1930)

Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)

Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)

Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)

Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)

Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939)

Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (born 1981)

Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (born 1928)

Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)

Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)

Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)

Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)

Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)

Andy Cunningham, English actor (born 1950)

Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986)

Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)

Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)

Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)

Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)

Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (born 1994)

Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)

Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (born 1982)

Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (born 1926)

Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (born 1929)

Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)

Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)

Barry Norman, English television presenter (born 1933)

Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician (born 1927)

Vladislav Rastorotsky, a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, (born 1933)

Smith Hart, American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)

John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973)

Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (born 1919)

Gene Conley, American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)

Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949)

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955)

Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (born 1977)

Martin Landau, American film and television actor (born 1928)

George A. Romero, American filmmaker (born 1940)

Chester Bennington, American singer (born 1976)

John Heard, American film and television actor (born 1946)

John Kundla, American basketball coach (born 1916)

Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer

Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

June Foray, American voice actress (born 1917)

Patti Deutsch, American voice artist and comedic actress (born 1943)

Ronald Phillips, American criminal (born 1973)

Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director (born 1943)

Jeanne Moreau, French actress (born 1928)

Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (born 1924)

Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (born 1938)

Darren Daulton, American baseball player (born 1962)

Don Baylor, American baseball player (born 1949)

David Maslanka, American composer (born 1943)

Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)

Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929)

Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (born 1903)

Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (born 1946)

Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1942)

Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925)

Bruce Forsyth, English television presenter and entertainer (born 1928)

Zoe Laskari, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (born 1944)

Brian Aldiss, British novelist (born 1925)

Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (born 1932)

Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (born 1926)

Bajram Rexhepi, the first Kosovan Prime Minister of the UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)

Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)

Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (born 1948)

Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)

Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943)

Mireille Darc, French actress and model (born 1938)

Louise Hay, American motivational author (born 1926)

Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (born 1943)

Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born 1950)

John Ashbery, American poet (born 1927)

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)

Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (born 1944)

Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (born 1934)

Pierre Bergé, French businessman (born 1930)

Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (born 1933)

Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (born 1936)

Don Williams, American musician (born 1939)

Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (born 1921)

Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (born 1929)

Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (born 1932)

Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (born 1926)

Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)

Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)

Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager (born 1944)

Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)

Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)

Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936)

Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (born 1926)

Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (born 1943)

Tom Alter, Indian actor (born 1950)

Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)

Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966)

Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer (born 1953)

Dave Strader, American sportscaster (born 1955)

Tom Petty, American musician (born 1950)

Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)

Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1972)

David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (born 1952)

Jean Rochefort, French actor (born 1930)

Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)

Margarita D'Amico, Venezuelan journalist (born 1938)

Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (born 1927)

Chinggoy Alonzo, Filipino theater, movie & television actor (born 1950)

Deng Ken, Chinese politician, younger brother of former Paramount leader of China Deng Xiaoping (born 1911)

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (born 1964)

Roy Dotrice, British actor (born 1923)

John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (born 1946)

Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (born 1965)

Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)

Marino Perani, Italian football player and manager (born 1939)

Umberto Lenzi, Italian film director (born 1931)

George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)

Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)

Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (born 1926)

Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)

Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)

Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)

Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (born 1941)

Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (born 1972)

Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (born 1944)

Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)

Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)

Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)

Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)

Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)

James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936)

Chuck Mosley, American singer songwriter (born 1959)

Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (born 1982)

Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (born 1932)

Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)

Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)

Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (born 1960)

Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (born 1934)

Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)

Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934)

Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938)

Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968)

Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931)

Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932)

Peter Berling, German actor, film producer and writer (born 1934)

David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

George Avakian, American music producer (born 1919)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (born 1962)

Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (born 1958)

Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (born 1935)

Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (born 1945)

Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (born 1930)

Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (born 1949)

Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (born 1931)

Alfie Curtis, British actor (born 1930)

Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (born 1938)

Michael I of Romania, fifth and last king of Romania (born 1921)

August Ames, Canadian American pornographic actress (born 1994)

Steve Reevis, Native American actor (born 1962)

Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937)

Max Clifford, British publicist (born 1943)

Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (born 1950)

Curtis W. Harris, American minister (born 1924)

Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (born 1957)

Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (born 1952)

Pat DiNizio, American singer and songwriter (born 1955)

Yu Kwang-chung, Chinese writer (born 1928)

Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (born 1928)

Calestous Juma, academic (born 1953)

Keely Smith, American singer and actress (born 1928)

Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (born 1990)

Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (born 1937)

Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (born 1945)

Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (born 1927)

Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (born 1935)

Heather Menzies, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1949)

D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston) (born 1929)

Irv Weinstein, American broadcaster and television news anchor (born 1930)

Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (born 1923)

Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)

John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)

Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (born 1990)